Read the excerpt from Churchill's speech in 1946.

It is the first time he used the phrase "iron curtain."

Which statement best summarizes what Churchill is saying in this section of his speech?

Greece is the only free country in all of Europe.

The Soviet Union has taken over Central and Eastern Europe.

Europe is now free from the influence of all other nations.

The correct answer is "The Soviet Union has taken over Central and Eastern Europe." As per the conferences held by the U. S., the U. S. S. R. and Britain, the U. S. S. R. agreed to occupy the countries liberated in Eastern Europe at the end of World War II with the proviso of withdrawing its military presence after overseeing, aiding, speeding their and completing economic recovery while the Western Allies, U; S, A, Britain, France and Canada would do the same in Western Europe. As Soviet leader Stalin hinted the indefinite presence of his armed forces in Western Europe and all kinds of contact (mail, telephone, telegraph, etc.) with the West were drastically reduced and censored, Winston Churchill made his famous analogy in a speech delivered in Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent."

the soviet union has taken over central and eastern europe