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Commanding a Cold War Royal Navy Polaris Nuclear Missile Submarine
Season 7 Episode 168
Our conversation with Rob Forsyth continues when he became Executive Officer - and in command on occasions - of HMS Repulse, a Polaris nuclear missil…
4 years, 11 months ago
Cold War Royal Navy Diesel Submarine officer during the 1960s and 70s (167)
Season 7 Episode 167
Commander Rob Forsyth joined submarines in1961. By March 1962 as a young officer, he joined HMS Auriga a 1945 vintage diesel submarine. Within 7 mont…
5 years ago
Jan - Greenham Common Peace Protester (166)
Season 7 Episode 166
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a protest camp established in 1981 to protest against the deployment of USAF controlled Ground Launched nuclea…
5 years ago
The Chinese civil war and the independence of Taiwan (165)
Season 7 Episode 165
The events of 1949 in China reverberated across the world and throughout the rest of the century. That tumultuous year saw the dramatic collapse of C…
5 years ago
The Happy Traitor - The Life of Soviet Spy George Blake (164)
Season 7 Episode 164
Acclaimed author and journalist Simon Kuper, has written The Happy Traitor, the story of British spy and Soviet Union double agent George Blake, the …
5 years ago
From Foe to Friend - the British Army in Cold War Germany (163)
Season 7 Episode 163
Germany has been at the heart of the British Army's story since 1945. After the Second World War, the Army helped rebuild a devastated and divided na…
5 years, 1 month ago
On Her Majesty's Cold War Nuclear Submarine Service (162)
Season 7 Episode 162
Commodore Eric Thompson MBE is the author of the book “On Her Majesty’s Nuclear Service. He is a career nuclear submarine officer who served from the…
5 years, 1 month ago
Advanced English studies in Moscow during the 1970s and 80s (161)
Season 7 Episode 161
Vadim was at school in Moscow during the 1970s and 80s. He attended an Advanced English Studies School where all subjects were taught, however the fo…
5 years, 1 month ago
US Army Intelligence gathering in the unified Germany (160)
Season 7 Episode 160
We continue the story of Bill, a US Army Intelligence Analyst with Combined Analysis Detachment-Berlin (CAD-B) from episode 127. Germany has now been…
5 years, 1 month ago
A freedom fighter in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (159)
Season 7 Episode 159
Charlie was 19 in 1956. A trip home from work by tram ended up with him being thrust into the heart of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, a nationwide…
5 years, 1 month ago