The award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost... Produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of @RoyalHistSoc & at @mcrmuseum
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27 October 1970: a fashion shoot on East Berlin's Alexanderplatz - and a surprised onlooker (via Bundesarchiv)
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The 1981 MOD assessment, drawn up by the Service Chiefs, about the scale of threat posed to the UK by Soviet air forces - up to 200 bombers delivering 1200 tonnes of weapons per day.
It noted UK stockpiles of SAMS (Rapier & Bloodhound) would be exhausted in 3 days.
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As the British Government sensibly encourages the public to stockpile emergency supplies, lets take a trip back to 1989 to learn about what the MOD thought the Soviet military threat to the UK was and how this country would be attacked by land, sea and air in WW3.
#otd 1955: After ten years of Allied & Soviet occupation, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
No NATO. No Warsaw Pact. No foreign military bases.
A rare Cold War compromise allows Austria to remain independent and undivided while Europe is split between East and West.
#otd 1983: US troops invade Grenada to overthrow its Marxist military regime.
Reagan fears growing Cuban and Soviet influence.
Margaret Thatcher opposes the intervention. Reagan proceeds anyway.
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On the morning of 4 November 1956, Soviet forces wer attack #Budapest. Within hours, tanks and artillery would crush one of the most dramatic uprisings of the #ColdWar
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#Hungary56 #imrenagy #hungary
Charlie was 17 in 1956. A trip home from work by tram ended up with him being thrust into the heart of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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On the morning of 4 November 1956, Soviet forces were attacking #Budapest. Within hours, tanks and artillery would crush one of the most dramatic uprisings of the #ColdWar.
Listen here 🎧🎧coldwarconversations.com/epi…
#Hungary56 #imrenagy #hungary
Charlie was 17 in 1956. A trip home from work by tram ended up with him being thrust into the heart of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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Trailer: BBC give a peek at #ColdWar thriller ‘Honey’ set in East #Berlin in 1982
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#otd 1956: Hungary rises against Soviet rule.
Thousands take to Budapest’s streets. Stalin’s statue is toppled. Security forces open fire.
The protests become a revolution.
Within two weeks, Soviet tanks will crush the uprising
Listen to the story in tomorrow’s episode.
What are you thoughts on “Bridge of Spies”?
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This is your periodic reminder that when the Soviets didn't have an aircraft large enough to carry and drop their Buran prototype like NASA had done with Enterprise, they just added turbojets and made OK-GLI take off under its own power.
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Soviet military officer on a train traveling between Vilnius and Tallinn, 1989.
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Staatsratsgebäude (Council Chamber) of the GDR, East Berlin, 1980s.
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The Berlin Wall and accompanying "death strip" near Spandau, 1980s.
#otd 1962: JFK tells Americans that Soviet nuclear missiles have been discovered in Cuba.
He announces a naval quarantine and warns Moscow that a nuclear attack from Cuba will trigger US retaliation.
The world is now watching the most dangerous crisis of the Cold War unfold.
#otd 1967: Tens of thousands march against the Vietnam War, confronting armed soldiers at the Pentagon.
Protesters place flowers in rifle barrels. Hundreds are arrested.
The Cold War’s battle over communism is tearing American society apart.
