...States and declared that "a shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by Allied victory. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent."7 Also within that year conflicts over the control of Turkey and Iran prompted both superpowers...

...Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill delivered the famous policy speech in which he warned, "From Strettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent." For 32.1 days American planes flew more than 170,000 missions to bring food and supplies to Berlin...

...Fulton, Missouri, on 5 March 1 946 had already acknowledged the new reality: From Stettin [Szczecin] 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 . . . and...

...Fulton, Missouri, as quoted by David McCullough, Truman (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992), 489: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended. . . . Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw,...

..."certain facts about the present position in Europe." There followed his famous and accurate assessment: 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,...

...river: "Canterbury Cathalral" by SI Nash Chapter 1 1 The Cold War and Dissolving an Empire 1945-2000 "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic...iron curtain has descended across the Continent." (Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri, 1946) When peace arrived, Britain was broke, rationed as heavily...

...Missouri, Churchill (now out of office) would enunciate the first ringing rhetoric of the Cold War: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic...'iron curtain' has descended across the Continent." A guest of Truman, Churchill had cleared the thesis of the speech first with the President; it called...

...section of the speech that captured the headlines - both contemporary and historical - was the following: 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,...

...introduced him to the awestruck throng at Westminster College at Fulton, Missouri, on 5 March 1946.27 'From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...iron curtain has descended across the Continent.' That 'iron curtain' has since then figured in every book, speech and essay about the world after the...

...silence has descended, cutting off the Russian zone from the Western Allies. 1946 Winston Churchill: From Stettin, in the Baltic, to Trieste, in the Adriatic,...an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. 1953 Encounter: If they live behind the Iron Curtain they can do none of these things — for, while...