...Churchill, speaking in Fulton, Missouri, warned of the expansionist tendencies of the Soviet Union, saying, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic...iron curtain has descended across the Continent." Responding to the growing perception of a Soviet threat, in March 1947, President Truman promulgated...

...event, changing the political situation of the world. Churchill spoke calmly, but with conviction. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw,...

...Winston Churchill with reference to Eastern Europe, when he said at Fulton, Missouri, in Mar. 1946: 'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic...iron curtain has descended across the Continent.' The term was much in use during the Cold War. However, the advent of Gorbachev to power and the revolutionary...

...medium-sized crowd gathered at Westminster College in the small town of Fulton, Missouri. In it, he declared, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic...Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent." Let us take a moment to remember the former Prime Minister's support of a fast Western Allied drive...

...themes in Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech: the idea that the Soviets were in breach of a promise ("From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...iron curtain has descended across the Continent"), and the suggestion that their schemes could be countered only by a continued "special relationship...

...receiving the degree, the former prime minister gave a tough speech about the transformation of Europe: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic...iron curtain has descended across the Continent," he said, and described the relentless march of Soviet power, not only in Europe but wherever Communist...

...Churchill outlined the framework through which he approached postwar challenges. He let it be known that 'from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...an iron curtain has descended across the continent' and that communist parties active on both sides of the curtain constituted a 'growing challenge and...

...distance themselves from Winston when his speech raised a predictable outcry. The most famous phrases were 'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...iron curtain has descended across the Continent', and 'I do not believe that Soviet Russia desires war. What they desire are the fruits of war and the...

...our house in order before this peril has to be encountered. . . . Beware, I say, time may be short. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. . . . This...

...Curtain" speech. Churchill's soaring rhetoric was combined with somber warnings about World War III. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...an iron curtain has descended across the Continent" and a "police government" is ruling Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union wants "the indefinite expansion...