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When Israel, the Soviets and the US nearly destroyed the Middle East

During the Cold War many countries were on high alert, none more so than Israel, the US and the Soviet Union. One of the tensest…

Disused Cold War Norfolk Radar base for sale: £2,500,000

A disused Cold War Radar base in Norfolk, England has been put up for sale by the Royal Air Force. RAF Neatishead first opened as an airfield during…

Last Cold War Vulcan Bomber retires

Cold War Vulcan

[Via] The UK’s last Cold War Vulcan bomber is to be grounded after this summer. During the Cold War from the 1950s to the 1970s…

New documentary re-enacts Vietnam War

Vietnam War

[Via] A new documentary is re-enacting the US Army’s battles during the Vietnam War. The 1960s period documentary will feature people from the local Vietnamese…

Cold war hospital bunker open for tours

Cold War relics dot European, Russian and American landscapes, but none more so than a German surviving hospital bunker that had been created to use…

Korean War air battle

Korean War

[Via] The Korean War took place as World War Two ended and the Cold War began. The Korean War was dominated by air battles between…

Cold War Vulcan bomber to be grounded

Vulcan bomber

[Via] The last airborne Vulcan bomber which was built and used during the Cold War is to be grounded this year. Built 55 years ago,…

Cold War bunker sold and to be renovated so Kids Can Study in Peace

An unused Cold War bunker in the heart of Essex has been bought by a father for £20,000 so that his children have somewhere to…

VE Day was the start of a Cold War battle for Lithuania

A military parade during celebrations in the Soviet Union in 1983 of the anniversary of the October Revolution, via Wikipedia Even though VE Day marked…

The Real Forrest Gump: Vietnam War veteran and war hero, Sergeant Sammy Davis

Sergeant Sammy L. Davis is a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War and has been awarded the Medal of Honor, the US Army’s highest…

How long was the Berlin Wall?

Ovidiu Popa

Very few symbols were as poignant in the Cold War between West and the Soviet bloc, as the Berlin Wall. A barrier made out of concrete…

Germany remembers and commemorates the end of World War Two

70 years ago at the end of World War Two, the German people really felt that they had suffered a devastating defeat. However, today general…