In March 1946 at Fulton, Missouri, Churchill warned about an “iron curtain” descending on Eastern Europe, but during the war he had been at least as willing as FDR to accommodate Stalin.

FULTON, Mo., March 5, 1946 (UP) - Winston Churchill said today that Russia seeks indefinite expansion of her power and doctrines, and called for a permanent Anglo-American military alliance which ...

In this short film for secondary schools historian Dominic Sandbrook explains how the phrase the ‘Iron Curtain’ came into being when, as a guest of President Truman in 1946, Winston Churchill ...

In fact, less than a year after the war had ended, Winston Churchill gave his now famous 'Iron Curtain' speech in the United States, in March of 1946. Perhaps because of his continued efforts to ...

In 1946, Winston Churchill coined a memorable phrase: “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the continent,” he said. Today the Soviet ...

The Iron Curtain For his part, Stalin began creating what Winston Churchill would call the "Iron Curtain." "From Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic," said Churchill, "an iron curtain ...

where he argued Britain and the U.S. should remain allied as “an iron curtain has descended across the continent” – the threat of Soviet Union communism. The first time Churchill was Prime ...

FULTON, Mo., March 5, 1946 (UP) - Winston Churchill said today that Russia seeks indefinite expansion of her power and doctrines, and called for a permanent Anglo-American military alliance which ...