Further Cold War Tank Tales from the Land Down Under (324)
Tim participates in Kangaroo 89, a huge military exercise with the entire Australian Army using an area the size of Western Europe and we...
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How To Catch A Cold War Spy (323)
Since 1985, Ana Montes has been an asset of the Cuban intelligence service. In that time, she’s risen through the ranks to become one of...
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Cold War, Warm Hearts - Hitchhiking behind the 1960s Iron Curtain (322)
In 1966 most of Bridget’s friends, in their early twenties, were settling down with jobs and/or husbands…She, on the other hand, set off...
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Cold War Tank Tales from the Land Down Under (321)
Many of Tim’s family had served in WW1 and WW2 and from a young age, he was determined to follow their path. Overcoming huge competition...
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Jack's dramatic Cold War escape across the fortified Inner German border (320)
Jack Wesolek was born in East Germany in 1966. His grandfather was a member of the Red Orchestra, a Communist Anti-Nazi resistance...
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How President Kennedy's assassination almost started World War 3 (319)
On 23rd Nov 1963 at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea a detachment of US Air Force B-57 Canberra bombers were parked on an alert pad each with a...
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The lazy schoolboy who became a Cold War Vulcan nuclear bomber pilot (318)
Kevin was born in Wigan in North West England and joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1956 with only 3 O Levels. He came top of his course...
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Across the Iron Curtain in a yellow MG Midget sports car (317)
Andrew McNeile decided to travel through Eastern Europe in a yellow MG Midget Sports car, a car that's going to stand out no matter...
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1983 - the year the Cold War almost turned hot (316)
This week is the 40th anniversary of the Able Archer NATO Exercise where it is reckoned that the Soviet Union and NATO almost started a...
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Serving in a Cold War Danish Reconnaissance Squadron (315)
Denmark joined NATO as a founding member in 1949. However, it originally laid down limitations to NATO membership, effectively excluding...
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The Cold War Atomic Spies (314)
On 29 August 1949 at 7:00 a.m. the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. The test stunned the Western powers. American intelligence...
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Spying on NATO from a Cold War East German Army radio monitoring base Part 2 (313)
This is the second part of my chat with Thomas who worked in a secret East German radio monitoring base.He describes how a BRIXMIS or...
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Spying on NATO from a Cold War East German Army radio monitoring base Part 1 (312)
Born in 1968 in East Germany Thomas had a "normal socialist" but happy childhood in a small town near Dresden. His family was viewed as...
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Cold War US Army tank gunner serves with a Bundeswehr Panzer unit (311)
Mark joined the US Army on January 6th, 1981, and went to Ft Knox KY for Basic and Armor training. He graduated in April 1981 and was...
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Uncovering Cold War Soviet secrets with the USAF and NSA (310)
Tim served in the USAF and the NSA from 1975 to 1988 during some of the most tense periods of the Cold War.This included stints at the US...
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REME Keeping the British Army on the road during the Cold War (309)
Aged 16 Chris joined the British Army apprentice school in Arborfield, at Princess Marina College. He was trained as a vehicle mechanic in...
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Gunfire in the Woods: A foiled escape and imprisonment in Cold War East Germany (308)
This is part two of Henrik’s story. You can hear the first part in episode 307. https://coldwarconversations.com/episode307It’s the late...
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Growing up in Cold War East Germany's Valley of the Clueless (307)
Henrik was born in the late 1960s near Dresden in East Germany. The area was sarcastically known as the Tal der Ahnungslosen or Valley of...
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Flying the Cold War A10 Tankbuster Part 2 (306)
You are listening to part 2 of my chat with Joe who joined the USAF in 1981 and was trained to fly the A10 Warthog a single-seat,...
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Flying the Cold War A10 Tankbuster Part 1 (305)
Joe’s father served in World War 2 in the USAF. His service inspired Joe to try and join the USAF or the Naval Air Force despite having no...
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