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1. Who first used the term "Iron Curtain' to describe what happened in Europe at the end of World War II?​

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The term Iron Curtain had been in occasional and varied use as a metaphor since the 19th century, but it came to prominence only after it was used by former British prime minister Winston Churchill in a speech at Fulton, Missouri.

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