Iron Curtain Context: • 2nd WW left only 2 Great Powers standing in any strength (US & Soviet Union) • US emerged physically unscathed from war‚ economy stronger than ever‚ quickly demobilized‚ possessed atomic bomb • Soviet Union devasted by war‚ 20 mil of population persisted‚ but still formidable military power (4 mill soldiers under arms & still formidable military power & in control of population & territories in central/eastern Europe) • Became common speaking of 2 as superpowers
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Iron Curtain Speech Journal Assignment 1. What type of document is this? In other words‚ in what genre is the text written? This type of document is a speech delivered by Winston Churchill in 1946. 2. Trace the genealogy of this speech. From where did this document come‚ when was the original written‚ and do any other versions survive? On March 5th‚ 1946‚ former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri known as the “Iron
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by the term “Iron Curtain”? A.1: When Churchill stated “An Iron Curtain is being drawn upon their front.” He means that during 1945 when the war was over‚ he was talking about an imaginary line drawn between communism in the East and the democratic governments in the West. This was to prevent more fighting over the systems; Churchill knew that the Soviet Union were dangerous. Churchill wanted the allies to get to Berlin and take it before the Russians would. He claims in his speech “Nobody knows
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Iron Curtain The iron curtain wall was built by the Soviet Union it divided Europe into two separate areas. It was built at the end of World War II in 1945. Both sides of the Iron Curtain the states made their own economy and military forces. On March 5‚ 1946 Winston Church made his speech. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an "iron curtain" has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw
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and the soviets‚ was named the “Iron Curtain” made by Winston Churchill who was former wartime prime minister of Britain. This speech descended across Europe‚ separating the free west from the communist east and further divided the two groups. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 stated that the Cold War should be embraced because it was the
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The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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Taylor Hardy Period 4 US History B Summary The “Iron Curtain” speech by Winston Churchill and the election speech of Joseph Stalin contain the similarity that they both are telling the audience what should and has happened. In Winston Churchill’s speech he outlines what has happened throughout World War II and the Cold War and how he thinks it should be handled and dealt with. In Joseph Stalin’s speech he relays a similar time line while also including the Soviet Unions timeline and election
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The Iron Curtain Speech 1) What Russian need does Churchill say ‘we understand’? The Russian need to be secure on her western frontiers from all renewal of German aggression. We welcome her to her rightful place among the leading nations of the world. 2) How does Churchill describe the Polish government? The Russian-dominated Polish government has been encouraged to make enormous and wrongful inroads upon Germany‚ and mass expulsion of millions of Germans on a scale grievous and undreamed
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Winston Churchill’s speech‚ tilted the “Iron Curtain Speech‚” was given on March 5th‚ 1946 and expressed the need for the prevention of another war. Churchill first begins with talking about Russia‚ and about how the Soviet Union has influenced some very major European cities or capitals. Cities such as Vienna‚ Budapest‚ Bucharest‚ Warsaw‚ Prague‚ Berlin‚ Belgrade‚ and Sofia are know to be apart of the “Soviet sphere” which was a title given to them by Winston Churchill himself due to the major influence
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after a war. Not surprisingly‚ aspects of propaganda can be found in both Churchill’s "Iron Curtain Speech" and Stalin’s "Response to Churchill". The speeches both contain elements of truth and distortions of that truth‚ and any dissection of them will reflect the author’s cultural and national background. Keeping this in mind will serve to rationalize any conclusions reached during analysis. Mr. Churchill’s speech can be broken down into 3 more or less distinct areas. First‚ he up-sells the value
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