Escaping Soviet Jets During Cold War – the story of Neptune’s Recon Mission
Call it a miracle, sheer luck or the present mindedness of the pilot, June, 22 1955 marks a very significant day in the US Air…
Kim Philby: Known As One Of The Most Famous Traitors Of The Cold War
Harold “Kim” Philby, British journalist and intelligence agent, is one of the most famous traitors of the Cold War. Part of the infamous Cambridge spy…
‘The Man Who Saved the World’ – The Russian Who Avoided WWIII
The notion that one man alone could somehow avert a universal catastrophe or could potentially save the world has lost its age-old value with the…
New Cold War Thriller Bridge of Spies Tells Story Of Lawyer Who Has to Negotiate The Release Of A Shot Down U-2 Spyplane Pilot
Bridge of Spies is a new Hollywood movie set during the Cold War and features actor Tom Hanks. The film’s trailer has recently been released and…
When Kruschev and Kennedy Brought the World To The Brink Of Destruction – The Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, the US and the USSR nearly came to blows over Cuba, potentially starting WWIII and plunging the world into a nuclear winter.…
The U-2 Spy Plane & SR-71 Blackbird – All The Things You Are Not Supposed To Know!
The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes of which there is not a lot known about them. Here we will learn some facts…
Did YOU Know?? There Was an Armed Interceptor Version of the SR-71 called the YF-12. It Was the largest Manned Interceptor Ever Made
The Lockheed YF-12 was an American prototype interceptor aircraft evaluated by the United States Air Force. The YF-12 was a twin-seat version of the secret…
Soviet Maps of the Cold War
For decades two super powers of the world locked their horns in a seemingly idiotic and potentially catastrophic tussle, and kept the civilized world on…
Operation Fire Power (1954)
A Show of American Fire Power! Air view, bombs falling and exploding in line across ground (several shots). SV F 84 thunder-jet rocket and bomb…
10 Astonishing Present Locations You Can Now Run Into The Berlin Wall
Where’s the Berlin Wall now? Little of this wall, which once separated the East Berlin and East Germany from West Berlin remains in its original…
Color Footage Of How Nukes Were Tested On Marines
The most terrible weapon ever created is, of course, the nuclear bomb. During the Second World War, both the Allies and Nazi Germany were working…
Film: Behind Enemy Lines – The REAL Story & Why The Pilot Sued 20th Century Fox
He was shot down, hunted, and eluded his enemies by surviving on bugs and worse. Hollywood made a movie, and he sued the movie-makers. Scott…