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The [[Iron Curtain]] was a metaphorical term referring to the bar to travel, commerce and communication between the nations of the West and the nations under the control of the [[Soviet Union]].

The [[Iron Curtain]] was a metaphorical term referring to the bar restricting travel, commerce and communication between the nations of the West and the nations under the control of the [[Soviet Union]].

It was erected by the Soviet Union after [[World War II]] and was the first part of the [[Cold War]].  The phrase was coined by [[Winston Churchill]], in 1946, in a speech at [[Westminster College]] in Fulton, [[Missouri]].  The [[Berlin Wall]] was perhaps its most visible symbol, dividing the German city into the free [[West Berlin]] and the [[East Berlin]] under Soviet [[dictator]]ship.

It was erected by the Soviet Union after [[World War II]] and was the first part of the [[Cold War]].  The phrase was coined by [[Winston Churchill]], in 1946, in a speech at [[Westminster College]] in Fulton, [[Missouri]].  The [[Berlin Wall]] was perhaps its most visible symbol, dividing the German city into the free [[West Berlin]] and the [[East Berlin]] under Soviet [[dictator]]ship.