This is my last questions plz what was the impact of a stalemate along the western front during world war i? a. the allied and central powers waged total war as a way to create economic devastation. b. the central powers cut off enemy supply lines to devastate the allied powers’ main forces. c. new military strategies, like blitzkrieg, allowed each side to advance into enemy territory. d. both sides developed new military technologies to promote advancement and gain enemy territory.

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.