“ Iron Curtain” When Winston Churchill spoke of an iron curtain that was descending on Europe he suggested that while it was not a physical iron curtain dividing Europe,. He spoke metaphorically referencing Soviet domination in Eastern Europe and the obvious divide between Western and Eastern ideologies. Churchill coined the term “Iron Curtain” while giving a speech in Missouri. In 1947 Bernard Baruch created the term the “Cold War” is an attempt to describe post WWII relations between Western powers and particularly the United States and the Soviet Union. Both nations were once allies in an effort to eradicate Europe from Hitler and his brand of Nazism. However, after a positive outcome for the war for the allies the U.S and the Soviets
