The term 'iron curtain' was popularised by former British prime minister Winston Churchill during a US speech in March 1946 dpa / Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert The Iron Curtain was an ideological and physical ...
March 5 marked a major Cold War anniversary: 80 years ago, on March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill — unseated as prime minister of the United Kingdom after his leadership during World War II and serving ...