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The Iron Curtain, Europe

During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain was a symbolic and physical division that stretched across Europe, separating the Eastern Bloc countries under Soviet influence from the Western democracies. This heavily fortified border consisted of fences, walls, barbed wire, and watchtowers. It effectively divided Europe into two ideological spheres for several decades.

The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 marked a significant turning point in European history and led to the reunification of many countries.

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