Was the "Iron Curtain" an actual physical boundary or just a term used to describe it?

Answer 1

Really?

Answer 2

The Iron curtain phrase was coined just after the end of WWII. The allies had western Berlin and the Communist took eastern Berlin and walled it off with a wall. This started a long standing distrust between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies. The term implied that there was a Iron curtain cut across the soviet union and East Berlin that effectively walled them off from the rest of the world. It also applied to the fact that it was very difficult to learn anything about our enemy. They were virtually walled off from the world. This era also started a long standing tradion of putting spies in eachothers countries. When President Bush Sr told Mr. Gorbachev to tearn down the wall, he meant two things, the wall in Berlin to free those people held in communist eastern Berlin and the wall of secracy known as the Iron Curtain.

Answer 3

The Iron Curtain was Soviet Russia, who were Commies. They used the term to describe the great defenses. In a Nazi Anti-Soviet poster, it shows two Nazis taking down and "iron curtain."

Answer 4

Its a term to describe what was pretty much communist russia, not alot of information and such came out of the ussr. So hence they were "behind an iron curtain"

Answer 5

Just a term used to describe Soviet Government.

Answer 6

just a term used to describe the division of europe

Answer 7

No it is an allegorical term about the line in the sand separating the Cold War European territories (USSR) from the non-Communist countries.

Answer 8

it was a term used to describe the "wall" seperating the commie world from the free world

Answer 9

Yeah, the terminolgy is just to describe certain warlord's regime during WWI & WWII, my dear. Good enough, yes?

Answer 10

It was real.