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The Cold War: The Iron Curtain (1945-1947)

Winston Churchill: “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent.” This now famous speech outlined what Churchill called the Soviet sphere of influence in Europe. Unlike after World War I, it was clear that the United States would not be allowed to languish in the […]

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