National Archives (UK)
Cold War: Churchill and the Iron Curtain Speech
This site provides an unbelievable analysis of the Iron Curtain speech given by Winston Churchill. Includes questions for students to answer, primary sources, transcripts of the primary sources, and useful notes that explain the points...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Solidarity and the Fall of the Iron Curtain
Photographic essay explores the New European Order and the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: "Iron Curtain Speech"
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook which is provided for the the Fordham University gives excerpts from Winston Churchill's famous speech where he coined the term "Iron Curtain."
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Cold War Erupts
World War II ended in 1945 and the Cold War began immediately. Read about the mistrust Western Europe and the United States felt towards the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin. Learn how the Soviets expanded their realm of influence and...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Containing Communism
Describes how the Soviets under Stalin managed to infiltrate Eastern European countries and establish Communist governments, dividing the continent into East and West with a symbolic Iron Curtain separating the two. America scrambled to...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Joseph Stalin
This site from the Fordham University gives the original text of a reply from Stalin to Churchill in 1946. This text deals with England's view of communism in Europe.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Iron Curtain
Learn about the "Iron Curtain" that separated the West with the communist countries of the East.