Bellevue, WA police responded to a call from a US Air Force museum that said a man had offered to donate a Cold War-era missile stored in his late neighbor’s garage ~humanities.history Article 570 words 12 votes
The insane machine that conquered Antarctica for the USSR - the Kharkovchanka ~humanities.history Video 19:20, published Oct 25 2023 9 votes
President John F. Kennedy's "Peace Speech" ~humanities.history Video 27:07, published Jun 6 2013 5 votes
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Cold War British RMP video shown to travellers before driving from West Germany to West Berlin through the Soviet East German corridor ~humanities.history Video 16:09, published Oct 29 2019 8 votes
Inside the secret world of Russia's Cold War mapmakers ~humanities.history Article 4568 words, published Jul 18 2015 7 votes
Top-secret atomic bunker has opened to the public in Denmark – built to withstand a nuclear attack, it's now an astonishing subterranean museum ~humanities.history Article 1431 words 6 votes
Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’ ~humanities.history Article 1453 words 2 votes
How did the USSR react to JFK's assassination? ~humanities.history Video 2:57, published Jun 3 2020 5 votes
Animated history: Life in East Germany ~humanities.history Video 14:14, published Oct 23 2020 3 votes
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The Sino-Soviet split: How did Soviet Russia and China become enemies? ~humanities.history Video 13:12, published Aug 15 2020 3 votes
Being Finnish: A Guide For Soviet Spies – An archived booklet reveals how communist spooks were instructed to blend in with Finnish locals ~humanities.history Link 11 votes
The history of a Cold War mastermind: Gus Weiss, a shrewd intelligence insider, pulled off an audacious tech hack against the Soviets in the last century. Or did he? ~humanities.history Article 8654 words 4 votes
There may never ever be another man as powerful as Stanislav Petrov ~humanities.history Video 41:38, published Jul 7 2019 7 votes
The shoals of Ukraine - Where American illusions and great-power politics collide ~humanities.history Article 4324 words 5 votes
Camp Century – Secret Cold War base shifts through Greenland ice ~humanities.history Article 559 words 6 votes
During the Cold War, the CIA secretly plucked a Soviet submarine from the ocean floor using a giant claw ~humanities.history Article 1822 words 8 votes
Thirty-five years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war ~humanities.history Article 888 words 16 votes
The spy who licked me: Inside the CIA’s cat espionage fail ~humanities.history Article 458 words, published Aug 8 2018 7 votes
Three myths most Americans believe (Japanese surrender in WW2, Cold War, nuclear bomb threat) ~humanities.history Video 29:09, published May 22 2016 7 votes