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Iron Curtain
Sign in to saveterm symbolizing the ideological-political conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe during the Cold War
The Iron Curtain was an imaginary line that divided Europe during the Cold War, separating communist countries controlled by the Soviet Union from democratic Western nations. It symbolized the deep political and ideological conflict between these two opposing sides and represented both the physical barriers and the broader hostility between them.
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Vinony files it under 1940s neologisms, 1946 in international relations and 1946 introductions.
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- Instance of
- catchphrase
- Has part
- Czech Republic–Germany border
- Country
- Finland
- Image
- Iron Curtain map.svg
- Significant event
- The Sinews of Peace
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- inception
- 1946-03-05
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1989-08-19
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- Iron Curtain
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- different from
- bamboo curtain
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The Iron Curtain, in black Warsaw Pact countries
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