A rare âmedicaneâ formed in the Mediterranean Sea and is producing strong winds and rain in southeast France. Tropical storm Sean could become a hurricane.
On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron Curtain speech to a crowd of more than 40,000 people. The speech was named by Churchill, The Sinews of Peace, and changed the way the democratic West viewed the Communist East.
The Iron Curtain Divided Europe and Berlin. During the time I was in Germany, Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain.. Intense Communism controlled the lives of people in the countries to the east of the iron curtain, contrasted with freedom in countries to the west.The above map shows a proposed tourist trail along where the Iron Curtain once stood.t the end of World War II, Berlin (Germany's capital city) was divided into four zones. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French zones. East Berlin was the Soviet Union's zone. West Berlin became a popular way for people behind the iron curtain to escape communism.