Countries behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War were primarily those in Eastern Europe that were aligned with the Soviet Union. This included nations like Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. The term symbolizes the political, military, and ideological division between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers led by the United States. The Iron Curtain effectively separated these communist countries from the democratic nations of Western Europe.
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