1946 Iron Curtain Speech

Question 1

Speech in USA

Answer 1

Highlighted to Stalin that the west had long term hostility towards the USSR despite the fact that they had lost the most men, over 21 million, and needed to protect its border.

Question 2

What were Churchill’s inaccuracies in the Iron Curtain Speech?

Answer 2

• Berlin was divided between 4 powers, not just under soviet control.
• Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia was not totally under communist control
• There was no evidence that further expansion would occur
• CHURCHILL HAD SIGNED THE % AGREEMENT THAT GAVE STALIN A LOT OF THE TERRITORY HE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT