Ron - a veteran of the Korean War & the Malayan Emergency (195)
Ron Knight served in the Royal Marines on HMS Belfast during the Korean War of 1950-53. He was a gunner and describes the shore bombardments and how his gun was used in anti-aircraft defence. We also ...
27 Aug 202155min
The Gouzenko Affair - the start of the Cold War (194)
Igor Gouzenko exposed Soviet intelligence's efforts to steal nuclear secrets as well as the technique of planting sleeper agents. The "Gouzenko Affair" is often credited as a triggering event of the C...
20 Aug 20211h 17min
Flying the F-111 nuclear bomber (193)
Rick Shreve was a USAF F111 pilot based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK. We hear about his early USAF career as a fighter pilot, then we move onto his transfer to the F111 and how he was trained to carry ...
13 Aug 20211h 28min
The forgotten cosmonaut (192)
This week it's the 60th anniversary of the flight of Gherman Titov on Vostok 2. The forgotten 2nd cosmonaut overshadowed by the exploits of his friend Yuri Gagarin. Titov’s 25.3 hours and 17 orbits fl...
10 Aug 202156min
A workers view of Poland from Łódź in 1986 (191)
Evan McGilvray has written a number of books on Poland as well as biographies. He is well versed in Poland and Polish society and away from the usual locations of Krakow and Warsaw. Evan first visited...
6 Aug 202154min
Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin (190)
On November 18, 1965, U.S. Navy pilot Willie Sharp ejected from his F-8 fighter after being hit while positioned over a target in North Vietnam. With a cloud layer beneath him, he did not know if he w...
30 Jul 20211h 8min
Philippe - A French soldier in Cold War Berlin (189)
The French Forces in Berlin were the units of the French Armed Forces stationed from 1945 until the end of the Cold War-era in West Berlin according to the agreements of the Yalta Conference and Potsd...
23 Jul 202159min
A Czechoslovak family's escape to Austria (188)
We continue Drea Hahn’s story with her family’s escape to Austria and the realities of being a refugee. In 1986, under the pretext of a “ski trip” to Yugoslavia Drea’s family escaped to Austria. We h...
16 Jul 20211h 3min
