Before the end of the Cold War, the Iron Curtain cut off the Soviet Union ... But vintage photos provide a peek behind the curtain and show that, while members of the Soviet Union worked ...

The line drawn by the iron curtain has wandered across the face of Europe during the decades when Winston delineated it. My reference map from that time showed the following countries on the bad ...

Aerial reconnaissance was a staple of the Cold War. Follow the link above to see the subtle, but important, differences in the maps produced by the USGS and the Soviet military.

When LIFE reported on the former (and future) prime minister’s now-famous Iron Curtain speech delivered ... sitting onstage in a show of solidarity. He knew that Britain, which was nearly ...

So the government is racing to complete a 110 mile-long fence -- what opponents are calling a “new Iron Curtain” -- along ... They don't want to show their identity. We never know who is ...

I remember in particular the day the Iron Curtain came down. I just didn’t realize it at the time. The Iron Curtain wasn’t simply a phrase made famous by Winston Churchill to describe the line ...