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Between Two Air Forces: From East German Officer to German Captain
Season 35 Episode 469
After German reunification, former East German Air Force officer Roland faced an extraordinary transformation: joining the military alliance he had o…
22 hours ago
MiGs, Helicopters and Ideology: Life as an East German Air Force Officer
Season 35 Episode 468
What did it mean to train as an officer in the East German Air Force, where technical skill, military discipline and socialist ideology were insepara…
1 week ago
Growing Up Grey: Childhood in Cold War Romania
Season 35 Episode 467
Romania in the 1980s was a country of empty shops, power cuts, rationing and fear—but for one little girl it was also home. In this episode, author O…
2 weeks ago
Defection, Spies and the Shadow of Georgi Markov
Season 35 Episode 466
In 1986, Oggy Boytchev made a split-second decision that would change his life forever. Sent to Egypt by a Bulgarian shipping company, he seized an u…
3 weeks ago
My Father The Enemy of the People: A Bulgarian Family’s Cold War Story
Season 35 Episode 465
Oggy Boytchev is a former BBC journalist with more than three decades of experience reporting from conflict zones across the Middle East, the Balkans…
4 weeks ago
Face to Face with War Criminals
Season 35 Episode 464
Richard Lyntton’s life has taken him from Cold War Moscow to the deserts of the Gulf War and the shattered streets of Sarajevo.
In this powerful epi…
1 month ago
Inside a USAF Cold War Fighter Squdron
Season 35 Episode 463
Step behind the wire of one of NATO’s most elite tactical fighter squadrons—the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron—during the tense final years of the Co…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Cambridge Five - new files reveal untold stories
Season 35 Episode 462
Antonia Senior’s new book, "Stalin’s Apostles", challenges what you may have believed about the Cambridge Five, a group of British citizens who spied…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Malta & West Germany - Memories of an RAF Childhood Abroad
Season 35 Episode 461
Mark Thompson shares his captivating journey as the child of Royal Air Force personnel during the Cold War. From the moment his parents met in Singap…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches
Season 34 Episode 460
The Cold War was a huge battle for hearts and minds — a true “people’s war.” But where did the “people’s game” fit into it?
In their new book, Cold …
2 months ago