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Gillian - A US Student visits Cold War Poland in 1989 (48)
Season 2 Episode 48
In this episode we welcome back Gillian Cox who told us about her student trip to East Germany in 1989. In this episode the story continues with her …
7 years, 1 month ago
Red Reporter - Covert Correspondent for Cold War East Germany - Part 1 (47)
Season 1 Episode 47
Today we speak to John Green.
John Green grew up in Coventry in a communist family. After abandoning a zoology degree course after his second year at …
7 years, 1 month ago
The Berlin Trilogy - Author Interview (46)
Season 1 Episode 46
Today we welcome author Paul Grant whose excellent Berlin trilogy is set in Berlin during World War 2 and the Cold War.
Paul and I talk about the book…
7 years, 1 month ago
Cold War East German Army Officer at the 40th Anniversary Parade of East Germany (45)
Season 1 Episode 45
In this episode, we welcome back Torsten Belger a former East German Officer.
You can listen to other episodes with Torsten here https://coldwarconver…
7 years, 1 month ago
Cold War intercepts of Soviet Aircraft with the RAF (44)
Season 1 Episode 43
Nick Anderson is a former RAF Phantom jet fighter pilot.
We discuss flying in the Cold War and in detail how the RAF would have responded to a nuclea…
7 years, 2 months ago
Cold War Conversations highlights of 2018 - a whistle stop tour (43)
Season 1 Episode 43
Welcome to the Cold War Conversations History Podcast 2018 roundup and thank you to all our listeners and guests who’ve stuck with us and made the po…
7 years, 2 months ago
Gillian - A US Student visiting Cold War East Germany (42)
Season 1 Episode 42
Gillian Cox visited the GDR as a student in October 1989 just before the Wall came down.
In this episode you will hear her eyewitness of account of wh…
7 years, 2 months ago
Defending the Cold War Fulda Gap (41)
Season 1 Episode 41
Today we talk again with Neil Gussman who was an M60A1 tank commander in West Germany tasked with defending the Fulda Gap which was a key likely Wars…
7 years, 2 months ago
A British Journalist in Cold War East Berlin (40)
Season 1 Episode 40
Shane Whaley from the GDR Radio Podcast and Spybrary podcast and I speak with Peter Millar. Peter is an award-winning journalist who was named Foreig…
7 years, 2 months ago
Cold War East German Army Officer Training (39)
Season 1 Episode 39
We speak with Torsten Belger who trained as an Artillery Officer in the East German Army.
Torsten also runs Germandotmilitaria which is a web site se…
7 years, 3 months ago