Today in History

March 05, 1946
The Iron Curtain
During a speech in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill declares: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." The "Iron Curtain"” refers to the political, military and ideological barrier between the Soviet Union and the noncommunist West from here on out.



Today's Feature History Article

Contemplating Churchill

On the 40th anniversary of the wartime leader's death, historians are reassessing the complex figure who carried Britain through its darkest hour





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