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On This Day, March 5: Winston Churchill gives 'Iron Curtain' speech
In 1946, Winston Churchill, in a famous speech in Fulton, Mo., stated that a Soviet Union "Iron Curtain" had "descended ...
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Iron Curtain
March 5, 1946 (UP) - Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in his speech at little Westminster college today asked for the creation and joint use of Anglo-American sea and air bases.
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Did Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech start the Cold War? – Cold War Britain in 1946
In this short film for secondary schools historian Dominic Sandbrook explains how the phrase the ‘Iron Curtain ... Winston Churchill used the term in a speech in which he outlined the increasing ...
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Iron Curtain
March 5, 1946 (UP) - Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in his speech at little Westminster college today asked for the creation and joint use of Anglo-American sea and air bases.