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Soviet Civil Defence: The Trouble With Vegetables
Americans in the early 50s were told there was a "civil defence gap", and that the Soviets were superior in protecting their population? Was this tru…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Greenland: The Thule Air Base
Why is America so interested in Greenland? What was its role in nuclear attack and early warning? And what happened when a huge B52 bomber carrying …
3 months ago
Harold Macmillan, Part 4: Pressing the Button
How would Harold Macmillan have ordered nuclear retaliation?
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3 months ago
Harold Macmillan, Part 3
Thor is here!
In 1958, the American Thor missiles arrive in the east of England, creating a headache for the authorities, and pain for those who prot…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Harold Macmillan, Part 2
Supermac becomes Prime Minister in January 1957, a bumper year for nuclear matters!
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3 months, 4 weeks ago
Harold Macmillan, Part 1
A new series on former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, a man born in the Victorian era who led Britain into her thermonuclear age and through the Cu…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
When The Wind Blows, Part 16
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This week, Jim retreats into daydreams, and Hilda dishes out hard trut…
5 months ago
When The Wind Blows, Part 15
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5 months, 1 week ago
POP! 99 Red Balloons
The chart-topping 1983 hit about nuclear war - even though the band insisted it was no such thing!
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5 months, 2 weeks ago
When The Wind Blows, Part 14
Lions and tigers and bears? Oh my! We see that everything becomes a threat after nuclear war. And what is that strange scent hanging in the air?
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5 months, 3 weeks ago