The Iron Curtain During The Cold War

How did the iron curtain start? Why was it protected by the warsaw pact? Where was the iron curtain at? The term first became popular by Winston Churchill when he used it in a speech in March of 1946. This speech was also considered to be the “announcement” of the start of the Cold War(History.com). At this time the term was first used to refer to the actual metal barrier that cut the continent in two, but it soon became a reference to the ideological barrier also. The iron curtain is a term used to describe the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact Countries NATO countries after the Cold War in 1991(wisegeek.org).The iron curtain extended the borders of Europe and the barents sea to the black sea. World war one was also one of the main reasons.
The iron curtain was really strong in Germany where the Berlin Wall became an unmistakable symbol of the iron curtain. Along with the Iron Curtain there was speak of
The Iron Curtain was lifted in June of 1989 at the borders of Austria and Hungary 43 years after Winston Churchill's speech(encyclopedia.com). People believed that the dropping of the wall was believed to be the fall of communism and the beginning sign of the fall of the Soviet Union(Encyclopedia.com). The walls originally was built to make sure communism didn’t spread to the countries that were under democratic influences, and once that felt like it had been done they begin to break down the wall known as the “Iron Curtain”. The symbol of separation was no longer in place, fear still existed and in many ways the fear was worse. The people on both sides were now more scared of attacks and invasions now than before because the didn't have that protection. But many people began to see the good where they could now have a better view on the other side's plans and