Iron Curtain Speech

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Date March 05, 1946
Type World
Author hjwilson1975
Location Fulton, Missouri, United States
Categories
Political & Governance

Event Details

Winston Churchill delivered his famous 'Sinews of Peace' address at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, where he first used the term 'Iron Curtain'.

The speech warned of the descending divide in Europe between Western democracies and the Soviet-controlled Eastern Bloc, marking the beginning of the Cold War rhetoric.