In Cold War Skies – NATO and Soviet airpower 1949-89 (142)
Today’s episode is brought to you by Osprey publishing and we’re speaking with Michael Napier, the author of “In Cold War Skies – NATO and Soviet airpower 1949-89”. Michael also flew the Tornado duri...
2 Okt 20201h
I was a deep cover KGB spy Part 2 (141)
This is part 2 of our chat with Jack Barsky who spent ten years as an undercover KGB agent in the United States. He is the longest surviving known member of the KGB illegals programme that operated du...
25 Sep 202056min
I was a deep cover KGB spy Part 1 (140)
If you’ve seen the TV drama series, “The Americans” you’ll be fascinated by this episode. Albrecht Dittrich was an East German graduate student and a true believer in the Communist cause when he was r...
18 Sep 20201h 6min
Portland Spy Ring Part 2 (139)
This is the 2nd episode with Trevor Barnes, the author of “Dead Doubles, a new book on the Portland Spy Ring, one of the most infamous espionage cases of the Cold War. The story continues with the dra...
11 Sep 20201h 25min
Portland Spy Ring Part 1 (138)
In this episode we talk with Trevor Barnes, the author of “Dead Doubles, a new book on the Portland Spy Ring, one of the most infamous espionage cases of the Cold War. In 1960 it was discovered that c...
4 Sep 202051min
The Last British Commandant in Cold War West Berlin Part 2 (137)
This is the 2nd part of our conversation with Major General Sir Robert Corbett, KCVO, CB who was the last Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin. We join as I ask what were the British Army’s plan...
28 Aug 202057min
The Last British Commandant in Cold War West Berlin Part 1 (136)
Major General Sir Robert Corbett, KCVO, CB was the last Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin. We start his story with the description of his first experience of Berlin as a young Army officer co...
21 Aug 202048min
Eva - A Cold War Czechoslovak Childhood (135)
Born in Communist Czechoslovakia, Eva Caletkova has written an honest and unflinching account of her childhood in Bratislava. Eva’s parents were Catholics, and the communist regime began to persecute ...
14 Aug 20201h 18min
