1. Turning Points of the Cold War
Churchill and Roosevelt both disapproved. Churchill Knew that not much could be done, as the red army was in control of Poland and east Germany. ... West Berlin remained a capitalist island in a sea of communism (Winston Churchill 1948). ... In 1948 Churchill made his Iron Curtain speech, in which he said, "an Iron Curtain has descended. ... There were more speeches like Churchill's in the West. ...
On August 13, 1961 the Berlin Wall was built and devided the city of Berlin for more than 28 years. It was built to stop large numbers of defections and to prevent East Berliners from commuting to the West. A lot of suffering began for Germany when World War II started. By the end of the war Germa...