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   During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain was a political metaphor used to describe the political and later physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.

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3. www.burnleyexpress.net › news › people15 photos looking back through the history books of Burnley ...

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   Apr 19, 2024 · We look back through the history books of Burnley football fans this week. The images are part of for Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture, a two-year Lancashire Archives volunteer project bringing together people of different ages and backgrounds to digitise and make the collections of historic photographs in Burnley, Colne, Nelson and ...

4. www.britannica.com › event › Iron-CurtainIron Curtain | Definition & Facts | Britannica

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   Iron Curtain, the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas.

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5. alphahistory.com › coldwar › iron-curtainThe Iron Curtain - Alpha History

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   Mar 31, 2018 · The Iron Curtain was a colloquial name for the boundary between Soviet-controlled Europe and the rest of the continent. The Soviet Red Army, after releasing the nations of Eastern Europe from Nazi oppression in 1945, worked to install governments that would adopt socialism and align with Moscow.

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   Apr 17, 2024 · Travel | April 17, 2024. How Museums in Central and Eastern Europe Tell the Complicated Story of Life Behind the Iron Curtain. Grassroots exhibitions popping up in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria,...

7. www.realhistoryresources.org › articles › the-coldThe Cold War and the Iron Curtain - RealHistoryResources.org

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   Oct 26, 2021 · The Iron Curtain divided a continent and trapped hundreds of millions of people under communism. The Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, declared that the Second World War was not a disaster but “a great opportunity” to extend communism into the very heart of Europe.

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   Was the Iron Curtain a real thing?

   • The Iron Curtain was not only a political and philosophical concept; it was a real and tangible one. 1. The Iron Curtain was a Cold War name for the borders between Western and Soviet Europe. It was coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 during a speech in Fulton, Missouri. 2. The formation of a Soviet bloc in Europe occurred after World War II.

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   Why was the Iron Curtain erected?

   • Accessed 17 October 2024. Iron Curtain, political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the U.S.S.R after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. The term came to prominence after its use in a speech by Winston Churchill.

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   How did the Iron Curtain affect communism?

   • The Iron Curtain divided a continent and trapped hundreds of millions of people under communism. The Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, declared that the Second World War was not a disaster but “a great opportunity” to extend communism into the very heart of Europe. Poland Betrayed

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   What happened behind the 'Iron Curtain'?

   • Meanwhile, behind this ‘Iron Curtain’, the Soviets were helping themselves to the raw materials and industrial resources of occupied nations. Grain, food, machinery, steel, coal and other items were seized and transported east to the Soviet Union. Romania and Hungary, which had allied themselves with Nazi Germany during the war, suffered worst.

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   Where did the Iron Curtain come from?

   • From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe – Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia.

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   How did the Iron Curtain affect Europe?

   • From Stettin in the North to Trieste in the South barbed wire and barricades, walls and machine gun towers were going up, sealing off the captive nations occupied by the Soviet Union from their neighbours in the West. The Iron Curtain divided a continent and trapped hundreds of millions of people under communism.

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9. www.thoughtco.com › the-iron-curtain-1221526Europe's Iron Curtain Division - ThoughtCo

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   Aug 4, 2019 · The 'Iron Curtain' was a phrase used to describe the physical, ideological and military division of Europe between the western and southern capitalist states and the eastern, Soviet-dominated communist nations during the Cold War, 1945–1991.