Churchill's Iron Curtain speech

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Churchill's_Iron_Curtain_speech
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_speaker
gptkbp:archivedAt gptkb:Churchill_Museum,_Fulton,_Missouri
Westminster College archives
gptkbp:attendedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:city gptkb:Fulton
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1946-03-05
gptkbp:deliveredBy gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:historicalSignificance coined the term 'Iron Curtain'
marked the beginning of the Cold War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Churchill's Iron Curtain speech
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:location gptkb:Westminster_College
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international
gptkbp:notableQuote From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Sinews_of_Peace
gptkbp:state gptkb:Missouri
gptkbp:subject gptkb:post-World_War_II_Europe
Soviet influence in Eastern Europe
defense against communism
need for unity between UK and USA
gptkbp:targetAudience Westminster College students and faculty
gptkbp:theme division of Europe
Soviet expansion
call for Anglo-American alliance
gptkbp:type controversial
criticized by Soviet Union
supported by Western leaders
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4