Eight people had crossed one of the most heavily guarded borders in Europe in a balloon they had built themselves. Their escape became one of the most unusual attempts to leave East Germany during the Cold War.

#EastGermany #ColdWar #GermanHistory #Stasi #IronCurtain #History

#OTD in the #coldwar 16 Sep 1963: Malaysia is created.

Indonesia's President Sukarno sees the new country as a British neo-colonial project and vows to crush it.

Soon, British, Gurkha, Australian and New Zealand troops are fighting Indonesian forces in the Borneo jungle.

#IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the #NSA

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cold-war-codebreaker-nsa-ibm

#cryptography #encryption #Harvest #ColdWar #history

Switzerland has nearly 370,000 bunkers built during the Cold War.

There's enough space to shelter almost the entire population.

These shelters hide under apartments, schools, and even roads.

#Switzerland #Bunkers #ColdWar

Victor B.2
Blue Steel and nitrogen trolley are visible here.
#nuclear
#history
#aviation
#coldwar
#UK

#Redwood by #BenMacintyre #BookReview – a superbly wrought tale of #coldwar defection

This story of Soviet agent and his MI6 handler in revolutionary #Iran is a page-turning masterpiece

#Literature

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

Coldline : Disconnect Gameplay Trailer (via
Grawire Studio)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvo6...

#IndieGames #PixelArt #PointAndClick #ColdWar #HistoryGaming

For decades, ordinary Swedes secretly prepared for the day Soviet forces might occupy their country.

Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode473

#sweden #coldwar #staybehinds

@johanwennstrom.bsky.social @ospreypublishing.bsky.social

It actually started on November 22, 1963 when ruling class proxies assassinated #JFK and got away with it. Once they learned the American public would believe ANYTHING, especially after #ColdWar prop proved the tendency, the sky was the limit. #Murdoch was simply one of many who profited from it.

Leopard tank, 13A, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, 28 Jan 1979. 🇨🇦 LAC Photo #ColdWar #TankTuesday

M3 Halftrack of the 2e Régiment de Zouaves, 1956-58.

#MilitaryHistory #Algeria #France #ColdWar #History

#BattlegroupNORTHAG battle report from the Fulda Gap as Soviet forces attempt to break through a gap in the American line near Petersberg...

#wargaming #coldwar #joyofsix #micromarmour

New Cold War game report on my YouTube Channel

#wargaming #wargames #shedowar #FuldaGap #ColdWar #Wargaming #NATO #WarsawPact #tabletopgaming #miniatures

Fulda Gap 1985 – The Contact Line - NATO vs Warsaw Pact. Fistful of Tows 3
youtu.be/xsBchEBxnVs

For decades, ordinary Swedes secretly prepared for the day Soviet forces might occupy their country.

Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode473

#sweden #coldwar #staybehinds

@johanwennstrom.bsky.social @ospreypublishing.bsky.social

Pincher spent his career knowing more than the government wanted him to. Prime Ministers hated his stories. That tells you something.
#books #bookreview #ChapmanPincher #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/amuef

The CIA built a massive ship to secretly raise a sunken Soviet submarine from the Pacific floor. This book tells the full story.
#books #bookreview #ColdWar #navalhistory
https://smpl.is/amue9

Kim Philby's best friend never saw the betrayal coming. That's what makes this book cut so deep.
#books #bookreview #KimPhilby #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/amue6

Seen here on 30 April 1971 as a ground instructional airframe at No 1 School of Technical Training. Ex XA892.

#nuclear
#coldwar
#aviation
#history

For decades, ordinary Swedes secretly prepared for the day Soviet forces might occupy their country.

Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode473

#sweden #coldwar #staybehinds

@johanwennstrom.bsky.social @ospreypublishing.bsky.social