...the Soviet Union. As such the speech marks the onset of the Cold War. A few lines from this address: From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic...an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. ... In a great number of countries, far from the Russian frontiers and throughout the world, Communist...

...continent." In a famous 1946 speech at Fulton, Missouri, Churchill said of the emerging political map, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...iron curtain has descended across the continent." That sentence thrust the term "iron curtain" into public discourse. It did not originate with Churchill,...

...speech. In it, he talked about the danger the Soviet Union posed to freedom and world peace. He said: 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. The Communist...

...entire world in Fulton Missouri. His speech there would mark the onset of the cold war. In it he warned, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic...an iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind the line lie all the ancient capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw,...

...US -Soviet relations for over a generation, he grimly summarized the political situation in Europe: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."1 The alliance between the Soviet Union and the United States and its allies during World...

...immediate future, or what are the limits, if any, to their expansive and proselytising tendencies . . . From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across Europe. Behind that line all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe lie in...

...Westminster College in Missouri, Churchill gave one of the most famous speeches of the Cold War. He said, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic,...Curtain has descended across the continent." Churchill was referring to the control the Soviet Union held over Eastern Europe, which cut it off from the freedom...

...Grove, Denise Amantea, Judith Estrin, and the author, February 10, 2006, Menlo Park, California. 72. "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 Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna,...

...President of the United States invested him with a remarkable authority. And so he could proclaim: 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,...

...the world Organisation. They are in fact its main support" Winston Churchill, 19.09.1946, Zürich 4 "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,...