Cold War East German Army Officer at the 40th Anniversary Parade of East Germany (45)
In this episode, we welcome back Torsten Belger a former East German Officer. You can listen to other episodes with Torsten here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode39/ and here https://coldwarc...
19 Jan 201942min
Cold War intercepts of Soviet Aircraft with the RAF (44)
Nick Anderson is a former RAF Phantom jet fighter pilot. We discuss flying in the Cold War and in detail how the RAF would have responded to a nuclear attack. We also talk about how QRA (Quick R...
12 Jan 201945min
Cold War Conversations highlights of 2018 - a whistle stop tour (43)
Welcome to the Cold War Conversations History Podcast 2018 roundup and thank you to all our listeners and guests who’ve stuck with us and made the podcast what it is. If your old or new to the podcas...
5 Jan 201940min
Gillian - A US Student visiting Cold War East Germany (42)
Gillian Cox visited the GDR as a student in October 1989 just before the Wall came down. In this episode you will hear her eyewitness of account of what she saw in East Germany on the cusp of its dest...
29 Dec 201851min
Defending the Cold War Fulda Gap (41)
Today we talk again with Neil Gussman who was an M60A1 tank commander in West Germany tasked with defending the Fulda Gap which was a key likely Warsaw Pact attack route. We talk about his rushed in...
22 Dec 201846min
A British Journalist in Cold War East Berlin (40)
Shane Whaley from the GDR Radio Podcast and Spybrary podcast and I speak with Peter Millar. Peter is an award-winning journalist who was named Foreign Correspondent of the Year for his reporting on th...
15 Dec 20181h 12min
Cold War East German Army Officer Training (39)
We speak with Torsten Belger who trained as an Artillery Officer in the East German Army. Torsten also runs Germandotmilitaria which is a web site selling various items of East German militaria and...
8 Dec 201843min
Training to be a Cold War US Army Tank Commander (38)
Today we’re talking to Neil Gussman who trained on the M60A1 tank in the 1970s. This was the standard main battle tank of the US Army from the 1960s through to the 1980s. If you are enjoying the podc...
1 Dec 201837min
