Question

What does the term 'Iron Curtain' refer to?

Answer 1

The military, political, and ideological barrier established between the Soviet bloc and western Europe from 1945 to 1990. . A barrier that prevents free exchange of ideas and information.

Answer 2

The Iron Curtain is the name that was given to the Berlin Wall. It means the Berlin Wall.

Answer 3

It is (was?) a euphamism used to describe the barrier between the communist world and the rest of the world.

Answer 4

After WWII the Soviet Union expanded its control over neighboring countries in Eastern Europe imposing communist puppet governments in those countries. Soviet society was at odds with Western capitalist/democratic governments and was extremely secretive in its internal operations. Much of what went on in the Soviet Union and the bordering Eastern European countries was a bit of a mystery to the West for some time. In this context, it was Winston Churchill who described the communist Eastern European (i.e. Eastern Block) countries as an Iron Curtain. The Iron Curtain was in essence the Border line between Western European Democratic governments and Eastern European communist governments.

Answer 5

The Iron Curtain referred what happened to the countries of Eastern Europe that fell under the control of the Soviet Union following World War 2. They were controlled by Communist Moscow to become the USSR. . . The term "Iron Curtain" was used in a speech following the war by Winston Churchill. He warned that the Soviets would put those countries behind an "Iron Curtain".

Answer 6

Iron curtain is like a barrier that prevents free exchange of ideas and information.. The "Iron Curtain" is a Western term made famous by Winston Churchill referring to the boundary which symbolically, ideologically, and physically divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1990.. For more information on this check this link.. http://www.answers.com/topic/iron-curtain. . Good luck.