Spying on NATO from a Cold War East German Army radio monitoring base Part 1 (312)
Born in 1968 in East Germany Thomas had a "normal socialist" but happy childhood in a small town near Dresden. His family was viewed as exotic at that time as his mother had Hungarian citizenship whic...
6 Okt 20231h 19min
Cold War US Army tank gunner serves with a Bundeswehr Panzer unit (311)
Mark joined the US Army on January 6th, 1981, and went to Ft Knox KY for Basic and Armor training. He graduated in April 1981 and was selected as Instructor Tank commander and trained the next cycle o...
29 Sep 20231h
Uncovering Cold War Soviet secrets with the USAF and NSA (310)
Tim served in the USAF and the NSA from 1975 to 1988 during some of the most tense periods of the Cold War. This included stints at the US Air Force Electronic Warfare Center at Kelly AFB, Texas, and ...
22 Sep 20231h 41min
REME Keeping the British Army on the road during the Cold War (309)
Aged 16 Chris joined the British Army apprentice school in Arborfield, at Princess Marina College. He was trained as a vehicle mechanic in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers otherwise known as ...
15 Sep 202331min
Gunfire in the Woods: A foiled escape and imprisonment in Cold War East Germany (308)
This is part two of Henrik’s story. You can hear the first part in episode 307. https://coldwarconversations.com/episode307 It’s the late 1980s and Henrik and his friends plan to escape from East Germ...
8 Sep 20231h 29min
Growing up in Cold War East Germany's Valley of the Clueless (307)
Henrik was born in the late 1960s near Dresden in East Germany. The area was sarcastically known as the Tal der Ahnungslosen or Valley of the Clueless, as the area generally was not able to receive TV...
1 Sep 20231h 14min
Flying the Cold War A10 Tankbuster Part 2 (306)
You are listening to part 2 of my chat with Joe who joined the USAF in 1981 and was trained to fly the A10 Warthog a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft designed to provide close air support to grou...
25 Aug 202349min
Flying the Cold War A10 Tankbuster Part 1 (305)
Joe’s father served in World War 2 in the USAF. His service inspired Joe to try and join the USAF or the Naval Air Force despite having no flying experience. It’s the aftermath of the Vietnam War so f...
18 Aug 202353min
