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From the Merchant Navy to Covert Hunter Killer Nuclear Submarine Missions
Season 27 Episode 388
David Arnold joined the merchant navy at just 14. His tales offer a glimpse into the rigorous and sometimes harsh realities of naval training in the …
1 year ago
Frozen in Time - the Cold War Nottingham War Rooms - the Nottingham War Rooms
Season 27 Episode 387
Last year I was given the unique opportunity to visit the Nottingham War Rooms. The site is about to be re-developed so it was a rare chance to see …
1 year, 1 month ago
Defending Baltic Skies : A Swedish Air Force Pilot's Cold War
Season 27 Episode 386
During the Cold War Sweden outwardly maintained its neutrality, however from the 1960s the U.S. secretly promised to provide military force in aid of…
1 year, 1 month ago
Letters across the Iron Curtain - Unseen Correspondence between Soviet and American Women
Season 27 Episode 385
In the tense years of the early Cold War, American and Soviet women conducted a remarkable pen-pal correspondence that enabled them to see each other…
1 year, 1 month ago
From Cold War Berlin to Belfast – A Paratrooper’s Story Pt 2
Season 27 Episode 384
David Mackay is a former Cold War special forces officer and author of Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America's Scottish Bastion in the Cold War. He…
1 year, 1 month ago
Bombs, Berlin & Peacekeeping: A Para's Cold War Story
Season 27 Episode 383
David Mackay is a former Cold War special forces officer and author of Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America's Scottish Bastion in the Cold War. He…
1 year, 2 months ago
Watching the Jackals: Prague's Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries
Season 27 Episode 382
Author Daniela Richterova new book "Watching the Jackals" tells the untold history of Czechoslovakia's complex relations with Middle Eastern terroris…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Truth about the Gulf of Tonkin incident that sparked the Vietnam War
Season 27 Episode 381
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, was a pivotal moment that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
I talked with US Marine Veteran John F. Davies, …
1 year, 2 months ago
Under Fire: A Journalist's Story of the 1989 Romanian Revolution
Season 26 Episode 380
Today we are transported back to a pivotal moment in history that occurred 35 years ago this month - the Romanian Revolution of 1989.
This episode i…
1 year, 2 months ago
Foe to Friend: Cold War British and East German Tank crew together in conversation
Season 26 Episode 379
Join our East-West tank crew reunion that offers a rare glimpse into the lives of those who served on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. The episode…
1 year, 3 months ago