Question 185
Wofür stand der Ausdruck "Eiserner Vorhang"? Für die Abschottung …What did the term 'Iron Curtain' stand for? For the isolation of...
Options
- des Warschauer Pakts gegen den Westenthe Warsaw Pact against the West
- Norddeutschlands gegen SüddeutschlandNorthern Germany against Southern Germany
- Nazi-Deutschlands gegen die AlliiertenNazi Germany against the Allies
- Europas gegen die USAEurope against the USA
Explanation
The term "Iron Curtain" described the political and military barrier that sealed off the Warsaw Pact states from the liberal democracies of the West after 1945. Winston Churchill popularized the phrase in 1946 to illustrate the strict division of Europe during the Cold War.
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