Churchill's Fulton Speech

Winston Churchill delivers his 'Iron Curtain' speech about the division of Europe.

After the Allies' common victory, disagreements about Europe's future grew rapidly. Churchill drew attention to the spread of Soviet political control in Eastern Europe.

The speech was not the formal beginning of the Cold War, but it became one of its best-known early symbols. Reactions in different countries were mixed.

The Fulton speech illustrates the changing political atmosphere after 1945: former allies increasingly perceived each other as rivals.

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