PODCAST: HISTORY UNPLUGGED
J. Edgar Hoover’s 50-Year Career of Blackmail, Entrapment, and Taking Down Communist Spies
Articles on the origins of the Cold War and its most important moments. Features timelines and information sheets.
Articles on the origins of the Cold War and its most important moments. Features timelines and information sheets.
On 14th October 1962 a US spy plane flying over Cuba reported the installation of Russian nuclear missile bases. The picture (left) is one of those taken from the spy plane and clearly shows missile transporter trailers and tents where fuelling and maintenance took place. The nuclear arms race was…
Following the death of Josef Stalin in 1953 many European communist countries developed liberal reformist factions. In Hungary the reformist Imre Nagy became Prime Minister but his attempts at reform were thwarted by Rákosi General Secretary of the Communist party. Rákosi used every opportunity to discredit Nagy and in 1955…
The Cold War Date Summary Detailed Information February 4th - 11th 1945 Yalta Conference Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war. Topics discussed included - Partitioning of Germany Fate of Poland The United Nations German reparations May 8th 1945 V…
