Video : The Fall of the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe

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The Iron Curtain, in black (pink) Warsaw Pact countries (blue) NATO members[a] (grey) Militarily neutral countries (Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria and Ireland) (Green) Yugoslavia, member of the Non-Aligned Movement The black dot represents the Berlin Wall around West Berlin. Albania withheld its support to the Warsaw Pact in 1961 due to the Soviet–Albanian split and formally withdrew in 1968. Yugoslavia was considered part of the Eastern Bloc for two years until the Tito–Stalin split in 1948, but remained independent for the remainder of its existence.[1] It gradually opened the borders to the west and put guard on the borders to the east.[2] During the Allied-occupation of Austria in 1945–1955, the northeastern part of Austria was occupied by the Soviet Union. Austria was never part of the Warsaw Pact.

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| Artist: Sémhur | Credit: Travail personnel (own work). Sources: Image:Blank_map_of_Europe_cropped.svg by Revolus under licence CC-BY-SA 2.5, itfself from Image:Europe countries.svg by Júlio Reis alias Tintazul, under licence CC-BY-SA 2.5 Image:Cold war europe military alliances map.png by San Jose under licence GFDL Image:Iron Curtain Final.svg by Vernes Seferovic alias Kseferovic under licence GFDL & CC-BY-SA | Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

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