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In conversation with 7 BRIXMIS veterans - Part 1 (268)
Season 15 Episode 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 veterans.
Part 2 is her…
3 years, 2 months ago
Home Bases: Memories & Stories of US Military Bases in the UK (267)
Season 15 Episode 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 on the his…
3 years, 2 months ago
Cold War Chieftain tank deployment at the East German Border (266)
Season 15 Episode 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 episode we tal…
3 years, 2 months ago
Crewing the Cold War Chieftain tank (265)
Season 15 Episode 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 affection…
3 years, 3 months ago
How East Germany doped its athletes (264)
Season 15 Episode 264
In the early 1970s, the athletes of East Germany started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new world records with asto…
3 years, 3 months ago
The building of the Berlin Wall (263)
Season 15 Episode 263
From the moment East Germany was formed in 1949, many of its citizens chose to leave to start a new life in the West. By the mid-1950s, the trickle h…
3 years, 3 months ago
Guarding Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Führer (262)
Season 15 Episode 262
Dave Phillips is a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London. The Yeoman Warders have been guarding the Tower since Tudor times.
Dave joined the British A…
3 years, 3 months ago
From Cold War military drone development, to the deployment and command of the nuclear armed Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) in Europe (261)
Season 15 Episode 261
We continue the story of Richard Stachurski from the previous episode. Part 1 is here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode260
In 1971 Richard lef…
3 years, 4 months ago
Nuclear missile launch control and Mission Control for the NASA Apollo Moon Missions (260)
Season 14 Episode 260
Richard Stachurski joined the US Air Force in 1962, on the cusp of the Cuban Missile Crisis as a security police officer guarding nuclear-armed B-58 …
3 years, 4 months ago
Britain's 1980s Cold War Dads Army/Home Guard - The Home Service Force
Season 14 Episode 259
The Home Service Force or HSF was UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Cold War version of the World War 2 Home Guard.
An almost forgotten unit, the…
3 years, 4 months ago