Liyini "icilongo lensimbi"?
UWinston Churchill waqala ukukhuluma ngegama elithi "icilongo lensimbi" enkulumweni yakhe ngo-March 5, 1946: "Kusukela eStettin eBaltic kuya eTrieste e-Adriatic, icilongo lensimbi selehlile kulo lonke elaseZwekazini. Ngemva kwalowo mugqa kunenhloko-dolobha yazo zonke izifundazwe zasendulo zaseYurophu Ephakathi neseMpumalanga. IWarsaw, iBerlin, iPrague, iVienna, iBudapest, iBelgrade, iBucharest neSofia; wonke la madolobha adumile nabantu abawazungezile asezindaweni okumelwe ngizibize ngokuthi indawo yamaSoviet, futhi wonke angaphansi, ngandlela-thile, hhayi nje kuphela kwethonya lamaSoviet kodwa nasekulawulweni okuphakeme kakhulu futhi kwezinye izimo okwandayo okuvela eMoscow". Engqondweni kaChurchill, "ucwecwe lwensimbi" luchaza umngcele ohlukanisa amazwe aseNtshonalanga Yurophu angaphansi kwethonya lase - U.S. namazwe aseMpumalanga Yurophu angaphansi kokulawulwa amaSoviet. Lokhu kwaqiniswa ngokwengeziwe ukwakhiwa koDonga LwaseBerlin nohulumeni bamaKhomanisi ababexhaswa amaSoviet ababebusa emazweni aseMpumalanga Yurophu phakathi nempi ebandayo. Ngemva kokuwa kweSoviet Union, ikhethini lensimbi lanyamalala njengoba amazwe amaningi aseMpumalanga Yurophu ayeka ohulumeni bawo bobuKhomanisi futhi ejoyina izwe laseNtshonalanga.