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noun - Cold War term used to describe the dividing line between western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions.
- 5 March 1946: From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an "iron curtain" has descended across the Continent. — speech by w:Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill
Translations: Etymology: Dates back to 1821 in the sense of an impenetrable barrier, then in the 1920s referring to the limits of the Soviet sphere of influence. Used (in German) during w:World War II, World War II by w:Joseph Goebbels, Joseph Goebbels. In English it appeared in telegrams from w:Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill to w:Harry S. Truman, Harry S. Truman in 1945 before being popularized by Churchill in a speech he gave at Westminster College in w:Fulton, Missouri, Fulton, Missouri 5 March 1946. (Reference: w:Iron Curtain, wikipedia on Iron Curtain, and w:Nigel Rees, Nigel Rees, Sayings of the Century on telegrams.)
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