Winston Churchill's Speech 'Iron Curtain'

The ‘Iron Curtain’ is a speech originating back to 1946, delivered by the British prime minister at the time, Winston Churchill. Churchill was always quite honest about his opposition towards Soviet communism, however, disregarded the fact when the Soviet’s allied with the West against Germany in WWII (Churchill 313). However, once the war was over, Churchill was quick to readdress his distaste for Soviet communism. The purpose of his speech, “Iron Curtain”, was to bring together the powers of Great Britain and America, and warn the countries about the expansion of the Soviet Union. For he states, “For what I have seen of our Russian friends and Allies during the war… There is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for