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What was the term iron curtain used to describe the division of?

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Iron curtain became a common way to allude to the separation of Europe as the Cold War went on, despite its unfavorable reception at the time. Information was kept out and people kept in by the Iron Curtain. The Soviet Union built the Iron Curtain as a political, military, and ideological barrier after World War II to isolate itself and its reliant allies in eastern and central Europe from direct communication with the West and other noncommunist nations.

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