The award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost... Produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of @RoyalHistSoc & at @mcrmuseum
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Former East German citizen Juli speaks candidly about the challenges of adapting to a new way of life and the lingering impact of her upbringing.
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#OTD 1982: Former KGB chief Yuri Andropov becomes Soviet leader.
He promises to tackle corruption and economic stagnation.
He'll survive just 15 months in power. His protégé, Mikhail Gorbachev, will eventually transform the USSR and help end the Cold War.
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Full time scoreboard after East Germany beat West Germany at the FIFA World Cup in Hamburg, 1974.
#otd 1975: Angola gains independence from Portugal.
But civil war is already raging.
The Soviet Union and Cuba back the MPLA, while the US supports rival movements and South African troops intervene.
Angola becomes one of the Cold War’s deadliest proxy battlegrounds.
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Removal of the Lenin monument in Berlin following the reunification of Germany, 1991.
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#OTD 1989: Just one day after the Berlin Wall opens, Bulgaria’s communist dictator Todor Zhivkov is ousted after 35 years in power.
One of Moscow’s most loyal allies is changing.
Across Eastern Europe, communist governments are falling with extraordinary speed.
#OTD 1989: The Berlin Wall opens after 28 years.
A confused announcement sends thousands of East Germans to the border.
Overwhelmed guards open the barriers.
Families reunite. Berlin celebrates.
One of the Cold War's most powerful symbols of division is defeated.
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#OTD 1960: John F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Richard Nixon to become US president at just 43.
He promises to restore American strength in the Cold War.
Within two years, he’ll face the Berlin Wall, the Bay of Pigs and a nuclear confrontation over Cuba.
In 1956, Britain and France launched a secret war to bring down Egypt’s President Nasser. Instead, they exposed the limits of their own power.
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Historians are thrilled by declassified red X files... top secret:
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Politburo members before going out to Red Square, November 7, 1974. Photo by Sergei Smirnov
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In 1956, Britain and France launched a secret war to bring down Egypt’s President Nasser. Instead, they exposed the limits of their own power.
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#suez #Eden #Nasser #coldwar
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I will highly recommend Ian's podcast on Suez 1956 as it explains well this extraordinarily complicated war/conflict in less than an hour.
In 1956, Britain and France launched a secret war to bring down Egypt’s President Nasser. Instead, they exposed the limits of their own power.
Listen here 🎧🎧coldwarconversations.com/epi…
#suez #Eden #Nasser #coldwar