We should all know that the famous " Iron Curtain Speech " is also called "Peace Dizhu Speech". The essence of the Iron Curtain Speech is a speech to encourage Europe and the United States to reach a united front to jointly deal with Soviet communism in the face of the potential threats caused by the Soviet Black Sea team to the Baltic countries and European and American countries.
On March 15, 1946, former British Prime Minister Churchill was invited to visit the United States and accompanied by President Truman in the United States. He delivered a famous "Empression and Sentimental Speech at Westminster College, a college in the alma mater of Truman.
Why did I say such a famous speech as "Empression and Sentimental Speech"? I didn't mean to tease me, because I defined it in this way based on the historical background, international form and contradictions at that time, as well as the character of Churchill, a fat politician. Then let’s talk about it.
1. The motivation and causes of the Iron Curtain Speech
The historical background at that time was that the Soviet Union had just experienced . After . The Patriotic War was severely injured, with more than 20 million casualties in military and civilians.
However, after the war, the reconstruction of the international order and the distribution of the fruits of interests, the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union, as victorious countries, each had a small plan in the distribution of interests.
Although they are both victorious countries, they are still a little "restless" with the Soviet Union, a larger red regime. The Soviet Union is ready to covet European countries in the Baltic Sea, and Europe and the United States are in a precautionary and united way.
So, at that time, some people in the West had really considered attacking the Soviet Union and completely eliminated the red regime. Especially in the Soviet Union, which had just ended the Patriotic War, there were probably not many reserve teams and organizations to fight back. As the saying goes, take your life while you are sick...
At that time, the most active and active one was the British Prime Minister Fatty Qiu in the Western camp.
His specific action plan was to order the joint staff of the British Armed Forces to formulate an operational plan called "Incredible Action".
specifically uses the British and American coalition forces, the British used weapons to Polish exiled troops, and then recruited 100,000 from German veterans in World War II to attack the Soviet Union. Qiu Pang made this plan and was preparing to take practical actions. After the battle, Fatty Qiu presented the Sword of Stalingrad to Stalingrad to and held a grand sword gift ceremony to show intimacy and inseparableness.
From this perspective, Fatty Qiu's behavior is like a "speculative politician", or at least he is suspected of chameleon .
Anyway, in the final analysis, Churchill not only used this combat plan to incite the Western camp to prepare for war, but also went to the United States to deliver the so-called famous "fire-style Iron Curtain Speech" to incite the US-Soviet confrontation.
2. The reasons why Britain and the United States did not achieve actual actions in the end are mainly the following reasons
1. After the end of World War II, the French army had almost no combat effectiveness after the "destroy" of World War II. The British eradication of the Navy and Army was not a strong point, and the scale was not large. Then the main force depends on the US military.
If the US military goes all out to fight the Soviet army, even if it wins, it will probably be severely damaged. Then Britain and France will have the opportunity to restore their status as a strong country before in the battle with , and the United States will become a small follower, and the United States is not worth it.
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assumes that the Soviet Union wins, France, a country that quickly surrendered to Germany in 1940, would probably surrender again with quick eyes and quick hands.
And the United Kingdom represented by Churchill is a master of "changing with the wind". He was anti-Soviet before the war, and the Soviet-German battle actively announced the alliance with the Soviet Union. After the Battle of Stalin, a grand reporting ceremony also presented Stalin with the Sword of Stalingrad to celebrate. After World War II was completely over, it was about to oppose the Soviet Union again, and the United States felt that this country was not reliable.
2. On the Soviet side, perhaps they had more or less known the thoughts of these countries through various channels. Most of the elite troops attacking Germany were incorporated into the troops stationed in Germany, and they won each other in the border frictions of Germany's respective occupied areas, making the United States realize that the Soviet Union still has strength and is relatively strong.
3. General Patton, a famous American army, is also one of the representatives who advocated attacking the Soviet Union, but died in a bizarre car accident, shocking the United States. There is news that it was done by the Soviet Union, but the specific reason is unknown.
4. The most critical reason is that the coalition forces jointly resist the Soviet Union, but the United States is the main force. No matter whether you win or lose, the United States will pay a heavy price. If the boss of the allies does not do it, they must take this risk? And after taking the risk, it is very likely that the boss will lose his position.
So under the above factors, the US military did not agree with Fatty Qiu's plan.
But as the leader of Europe and the United States, it is also in the interests of the United States to deal with the Soviet Union. So a Cold War confrontation for the US-Soviet hegemony that lasted nearly half a century began.
