Jack's dramatic Cold War escape across the fortified Inner German border (320)
Jack Wesolek was born in East Germany in 1966. His grandfather was a member of the Red Orchestra, a Communist Anti-Nazi resistance organisation in Germany during World War 2. He later became Chief of ...
25 Nov 20231h 27min
How President Kennedy's assassination almost started World War 3 (319)
On 23rd Nov 1963 at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea a detachment of US Air Force B-57 Canberra bombers were parked on an alert pad each with a live nuclear weapon in their bomb bay and ready to fly at a ...
22 Nov 202351min
The lazy schoolboy who became a Cold War Vulcan nuclear bomber pilot (318)
Kevin was born in Wigan in North West England and joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1956 with only 3 O Levels. He came top of his course but was posted into supplies at RAF St Mawgan. However, he qui...
18 Nov 202349min
Across the Iron Curtain in a yellow MG Midget sports car (317)
Andrew McNeile decided to travel through Eastern Europe in a yellow MG Midget Sports car, a car that's going to stand out no matter where you are! He recalls his adventures travelling through...
11 Nov 202343min
1983 - the year the Cold War almost turned hot (316)
This week is the 40th anniversary of the Able Archer NATO Exercise where it is reckoned that the Soviet Union and NATO almost started a nuclear war. 1990 an investigation by the US President’s Foreign...
4 Nov 20231h 1min
Serving in a Cold War Danish Reconnaissance Squadron (315)
Denmark joined NATO as a founding member in 1949. However, it originally laid down limitations to NATO membership, effectively excluding the country from full military integration. The conditions were...
27 Okt 20231h 14min
The Cold War Atomic Spies (314)
On 29 August 1949 at 7:00 a.m. the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. The test stunned the Western powers. American intelligence had estimated that the Soviets would not produce an atomic w...
20 Okt 20231h 33min
Spying on NATO from a Cold War East German Army radio monitoring base Part 2 (313)
This is the second part of my chat with Thomas who worked in a secret East German radio monitoring base. He describes how a BRIXMIS or another Allied Military Liason Mission vehicle had once got into ...
13 Okt 20231h 33min
