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| − | The [[Iron Curtain]] referred to the bar to travel, commerce and communication with the | + | The [[Iron Curtain]] referred to the bar to travel, commerce and communication with the nations of the West and the USSR erected by the [[Soviet Union]] after [[World War Two]]. 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 city into the free [[West Berlin]] and the [[East Berlin]] under Soviet [[dictator]]ship. The Iron Curtain's shredding began with [[Ronald Reagan]]'s demand in 1987 that Premier [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] of the Soviet Union "tear down this wall". |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Berlin Airlift]] | [[Berlin Airlift]] | ||
Revision as of 22:18, May 21, 2007
The Iron Curtain referred to the bar to travel, commerce and communication with the nations of the West and the USSR erected by the Soviet Union after World War Two. 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 city into the free West Berlin and the East Berlin under Soviet dictatorship. The Iron Curtain's shredding began with Ronald Reagan's demand in 1987 that Premier Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union "tear down this wall".