On 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.

US 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.

On 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.

In 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.

On 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.

‘The thirteenth labour of Hercules.’ On 27 September 1947, the cartoonist Woop portrays the dangers of the Cold War for world peace. Europe, divided into two blocs, finds itself at the centre of the indirect confrontation between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.

‘They are in control — and they just go round and round …’ On 17 January 1948, in a period of increasing hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union, the German cartoonist Ernst Maria Lang portrays the harrowing situation of post-war Europe, held hostage to the tensions between Moscow and Washington.

On 30 January 1949, reviewing Raymond Aron’s book on the Cold War entitled The Great Schism, the Brussels weekly newspaper Le Phare Dimanche questions Europe’s role and position on the world scene.

On 22 January 1948, addressing the House of Commons, the British Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin, condemns the Soviet Union’s political ambitions and calls for greater unity amongst the countries of Western Europe.