Winston Churchill's speech (Fulton, 5 March 1946)
Harry Truman and Winston Churchill on their way to Fulton (4 March 1946)
ImageUS President Harry Truman (right) and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left) on their way to Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on 4 March 1946.
Harry Truman and Winston Churchill on the way to Fulton (5 March 1946)
ImageOn 5 March 1946, accompanied by US President Harry Truman, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where he gives his famous address on the dangers of Soviet expansionism.
Address given by Winston Churchill (Fulton, 5 March 1946)
TextOn 5 March 1946, Winston Churchill gives an address at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, in which he warns Western countries about the advance of Communism in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Address given by Winston Churchill: ‘The Sinews of Peace’ (Fulton, 5 March 1946)
Audio extractOn 5 March 1946, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives a famous address at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, in which he warns Western countries about the advance of Communism in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the construction of an ‘iron curtain’.
Address by Churchill in Fulton (5 March 1946)
ImageOn 5 March 1946, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives an address at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, in which he warns the West of the worrying spread of Communism in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
‘Bold words’ from Het Parool (6 March 1946)
TextOn 6 March 1946, commenting on the address given by Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool considers the question of Soviet expansionism.
Cartoon by Illingworth on Winston Churchill's address in Fulton concerning the iron curtain (6 March 1946)
ImageOn 6 March 1946, British cartoonist Illingworth illustrates the address given by Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, in which the former British Prime Minister warns the Western countries of the advance of Communism in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. He particularly deplores the construction of an ‘iron curtain’ separating the European States under Soviet influence from the countries of Western Europe.
‘Military alliance between Britain and America’ from De Volkskrant (6 March 1946)
TextOn 6 March 1946, the Dutch daily newspaper De Volkskrant publishes the main points of the address given by former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
Joseph Stalin, Texts
TextIn an interview with a correspondent from Pravda, Joseph Stalin responds vehemently to the address given by Winston Churchill on 5 March 1946 in Fulton, Missouri.
‘After Churchill's speech' from Le Monde (9 March 1946)
TextOn 9 March 1946, the French daily newspaper Le Monde analyses the international reaction to the address given by Winston Churchill at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, four days earlier.
'Foreign press reaction to interview with Stalin' from Pravda
TextIn March 1946, the Soviet daily newspaper Pravda outlines the reactions in the foreign press to the interview given by Stalin concerning Winston Churchill's speech in Fulton.