Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 5 ga Maris, 1946, a jawabinsa a Kwalejin Westminster a Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill ya ce "inuwa" ta faɗi a kan Turai. Ya bayyana Stalin a matsayin wanda ya sauke "Iron Curtain" tsakanin Gabas da Yamma. Stalin ya amsa ta hanyar cajin cewa rayuwa tare tsakanin kasashen kwaminisanci da Yammacin ba zai yiwu ba. Tsakiyar shekara ta 1948 Soviet Union
ya kafa wani shinge a yankin yammacin Berlin.