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What is the origin and meaning of the Iron Curtain?

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Iron Curtain is a phrase that Winston Chruchill made up after the World War II
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The "Iron Curtain" is a phrase made up by Winston Churchill immediately after World War II and refers to the Berlin Wall, which was meant to divide East and West Germany into communist and capitalist zones.

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