Labels:text | screenshot | map OCR: THE FALL OF COMMUNISM OVERVIEW OVERVIEW U. S. S. R. INTRODUCTION CENTR SOVIET UNION COLD WAR EURO P 1 IRON CURTAIN EASTERN EUROPE LEADERS 1: EUROPE DIVIDED After World War II the shadow of the Soviet dictator Stalin spread over Eastern Europe, and the Communist East was closed off from the democratic West behind an "Iron Curtain." For over 40 years any attempt to rebel against or liberalize Communist regimes failed. CHRONOLOGY .. NEWSFLASH ...