CNN Cold War, Episode 2: Iron Curtain - 1945-1947 on AllMovie

With WWII at an end, the world soon faced a new challenge widely known as the Cold War. In 24 episodes, this series chronicles this war of ideologies, from its inception in the late '40s until the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. some 40 years later. With Europe and Japan absorbed in rebuilding their cities and economies, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the world's superpowers and standard bearers for incompatible political philosophies. Capitalism or Communism: The line was drawn in the sand and the conflict began. This episode looks at the development of the Soviet Bloc in Eastern Europe. The Russians gained what they had lost when Hitler betrayed the German-Soviet Pact and attacked them. Winston Churchill warned the world that an "iron curtain" was dropping across Europe. Only the United States had the resources to stop the advance of Communism.