The Iron Curtain was the dividing line between the capitalist and so called " Anciet states of Central and Eastern Europe" Winston Churchill made a speech about the iron curtain March 5th, 1946 stating that "behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of the Central and Eastern Europe..... Truman wanted to put what Churchill call an "Iron Curtain" around the USSR and which again meant each eastern European country that was near to the Soviet border had to have a loyal communist government in power with leaders who would do what "Stalin" wish...

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Russians saw this as great support Stalin wanted peace with Hitler, and offered him back to the Ukraine if he ceased the attacks No-one within society or the army knew this If an operation failed the commanders would be blamed, but if they were to experience success it would be attributed to Stalin As Stalin began to regain land they became aware of atrocities Winston Churchill came and visited Russia. ... Hitler was in retreat In 1944 the Russian troops re-entered Poland and pushed the Germany substantially backwards The Polish inhabitants began to fight back Stalin crushed Po...

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In this assessment I will be looking at why the USSR to take control over Eastern Europe after World War Two. I will also look at how the USA responded to the actions of the USSR such as the Truman Doctrine, the Iron Curtain, Marshall Aid, the Berlin Blockade and the Berlin airlift. The USSR were ve...

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