Changes

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.

The Iron Curtain's shredding took place after a series of events in the 1980s, perhaps best symbolized by [[Ronald Reagan]]'s demand on June 12, 1987 that Premier [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] of the Soviet Union "tear down this wall".  The wall fell on November 9, 1989 followed in a few short years by the Soviet Union itself. <ref>http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/berlinwall-timeline.htm</ref>

The Iron Curtain's shredding took place after a series of events in the 1980s, perhaps best symbolized by [[Ronald Reagan]]'s demand on June 12, 1987 that President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] of the Soviet Union "tear down this wall".  The wall fell on November 9, 1989 followed in a few short years by the Soviet Union itself. <ref>http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/berlinwall-timeline.htm</ref>

==References==

==References==