Surveillance and shortages: A British teacher in 1960s Cold War Communist Romania (377)
In 1967 a young British professor found himself in Bucharest, Romania, under the most intriguing circumstances. Ron Mackay shares his fascinating experiences as he navigated life and teaching in a c...
30 Nov 20241h 1min
Mission Iran: Special Forces Berlin & Operation Eagle Claw, JTF 1-79 (376)
Few operations in Cold War history capture the imagination quite like Operation Eagle Claw. I have the privilege of welcoming back James Stejskal, a Special Forces veteran, to delve into the intricaci...
23 Nov 202447min
Den of Spies: The October Surprise - A Covert Cold War Operation (375)
In the late 1970s, the United States found itself at the centre of a crisis where 52 US Embassy staff were held hostage in Iran. Our latest episode takes you on a journey through the tumultuous event...
16 Nov 202441min
Surrounded and captured in the Korean War (374)
Today is Veterans Day in the US and Armistice Day in the UK and to commemorate I’ve gone back into the archive to remember and share vivid testimony from Korean War veteran Tommy Clough who sadly pass...
11 Nov 20241h 23min
Interview with an East German Border Guard (373)
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall and East German border opening in the autumn of 1989. In this riveting episode, I speak with Dietmar Schultke, a member of the Grenztruppen, the East...
9 Nov 20241h 12min
From Vulcan to Gannet: A Cold War career in the Royal Air Force
This episode is brought to you by the Avro Heritage Museum at Woodford near Manchester where I am a volunteer. Trevor Jackson is also one of the volunteers, but unlike me he’s a former Vulcan pilot wh...
2 Nov 202456min
Doorsteps of Hell - a US Marine platoon commander in the Vietnam War (371)
As Tom Williams fought the enemy, every day, without fail, he would record the day’s events in his diary. It is these diaries (which Tom has to this day), that enable him to tell the story of Vietnam ...
25 Okt 20241h 21min
How the Cold War almost destroyed European Football (370)
In the late 1960s European club football competitions were thriving However unexpected events in 1968 threatened its survival. I delve into the fascinating world of European football during the Cold ...
18 Okt 202442min
