Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 (284)
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the...
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A British kid transferred to a Soviet school (283)
Richard was 6 years old when he was uprooted from a school in the United States to a Soviet school 700 miles East of Moscow. In 1988 the...
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Cold War US Army tank driver at the Iron Curtain (282)
Brian Regal entered the US Army in 1977 and served on the M60A1 tank initially as a driver. The M60A1 was America's primary main battle...
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Cold War Dutch conscientious objector (281)
In 1987 Martin received a letter informing him of his conscription into the Dutch Army. A number of European NATO countries had...
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Discovering your Cold War Czechoslovak Secret Police file (280)
Mark Baker was featured in episode 9 where he told us about working in Czechoslovakia in the 1980s as a journalist for a small publishing...
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A Cold War escape from Czechoslovakia (279)
We return to Dirk’s story from episode 278 with a move to East Berlin following his mother’s divorce from his father.Dirk finds school life...
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Growing up in the Stasi town (278)
Dirk lived in the town of Bernau about 15 miles from East Berlin. Just outside Bernau was Wandlitz the residential estate of the East...
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The most damaging female spy in US history (277)
Ana Montes was the most damaging female spy in US history.For nearly 17 years, Montes was one of the government's top Cuba experts, with...
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The 1989 US Invasion of Panama & the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre (276)
Every weekday on the History Daily podcast, Lindsay Graham takes you back in time to explore a momentous moment that happened ‘on this day’...
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Missile away, missile away! - A Cold War US Peacekeeper nuclear missile launch officer (275)
Tim Lyon was an officer assigned to the 400th Strategic Missile Squadron located in Cheyenne Wyoming. The Squadron was maintained 50...
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Red Elvis on tour, aka Dean Reed the US Cold War music star (274)
Warning: This episode does cover the subject of suicide. If you need help please use these links: UK...
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The Bridge of Spies spy (273)
On 10 February 1962, Gary Powers, the American pilot whose U2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace, was released on “The Bridge in...
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Two weddings and a teaching post in Cold War Berlin (272)
Marie-Claude Hawkes continues her story with her return to Berlin in 1985 as a French teaching assistant at the Havel School RAF Gatow,...
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The girl in a Cold War East German coal mine (271)
In 1981 Marie-Claude Hawkes was an 18-year-old living in Amiens, France when she embarked on a trip to East Germany looking for adventure…...
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In conversation with 7 BRIXMIS veterans - Part 2 (270)
Part 2, of a two part recording.Part 1 is here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode268In October of 2022, I was asked by the West...
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Able Archer - The military exercise that almost started World War 3 - a look in the archives (269)
In 1986 Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev said “Never perhaps, in the post-war decades has the situation in the world been explosive and...
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In conversation with 7 BRIXMIS veterans - Part 1 (268)
In October of 2022, I was asked by the West Pennines Military Vehicle Trust to moderate a Q&A session with a number of BRIXMIS...
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Home Bases: Memories & Stories of US Military Bases in the UK (267)
Sean Kelly is the author of Home Bases: Memories & Stories of US Military Bases Around London which for the first time, puts the spotlight...
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Cold War Chieftain tank deployment at the East German Border (266)
We’re back with Alan Hodges, a Royal Tank Regiment Chieftain tank commander, and Mick Hadfield who was his 17-year-old gunner. In this...
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Crewing the Cold War Chieftain tank (265)
Alan Hodges was a Royal Tank Regiment Chieftain tank commander and troop SGT in West Germany. Mick Hadfield was his 17-year-old gunner. The...
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