Question

When Winston Churchill said "an iron curtain has descended across the Continent" of Europe in 1946, what did he mean? A) Nations of Europe were unable to defeat Hitler. B) Part of Europe was being isolated from democracy. C) European nations were falling victim to environmental pollution. D) Europe was industrially and economically behind the rest of the world

Answer 1

B) Part of Europe was being isolated from democracy
Part of Europe had become communist while the other half was a democracy

Answer 2

Answer: B) Part of Europe was being isolated from democracy.

Explanation: The famous speech of Winston Churchill of 1946, called Iron Curtain, is actually a thesis about the isolation of the Eastern block from the West. Namely, the Soviet Union and the countries of the Eastern Bloc to which it had influenced, prevented any influence of the West and democracy, on the Eastern bloc. The goal was to strengthen Communism in the Eastern countries as part of the World Revolution, and any Western influence was considered harmful.