Read the line from a speech by Winston Churchill in 1946. An iron curtain has descended across the continent. Which best summarizes the meaning of Churchill’s statement?

Churchill used “iron curtain” as a metaphor for the political division separating Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe from Western Europe after World War II. The statement refers to the Soviet Union’s control and influence over Eastern European countries. The Berlin Wall was built later, in 1961, so it is not what Churchill meant in 1946.

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