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The Silent War episode 1 - Know Your Enemy

The Silent War episode 1 – Know Your Enemy

The Silent War episode 1 – Know Your Enemy: For decades, Britain and America’s Cold War submarines waged a secret war of espionage against the Soviet navy. Deep in the ocean, crews were locked in a game of cat and mouse as each side battled to gain the tactical and technological advantage.     After decades of silence, submariners from […]

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War of Worlds 1963-1991 - The Abyss

War of Worlds 1963-1991 – The Abyss

War of Worlds 1963-1991 – The Abyss: November 22, 1963. The entire world is in shock. President Kennedy has just been assassinated during a trip to Dallas. Even Khrushchev himself seems touched by the tragic news. In a surprising coincidence, South Vietnamese president Diem was assassinated twenty days earlier, in a coup organized by his generals… The players are changing,

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War of Worlds 1956-1962

War of Worlds 1956-1962 – The Wall

War of Worlds 1956-1962 – The Wall: February 24, 1956. During the Soviet Communist Party’s twentieth Congress, Khrushchev stuns everyone by denouncing Stalin’s crimes. Without denying the ideology, the USSR’s new leader seeks to distance himself from his predecessor and open up to the outside world. “Mister K” is full of surprises. He drinks Pepsi with Nixon and insists on

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War of Worlds 1950-1952 - The World Trembles

War of Worlds 1950-1952 – The World Trembles

War of Worlds 1950-1952 – The World Trembles: September 1950. On the banks at Incheon, 30 miles from Seoul, General MacArthur is victorious. The landing he planned, to rescue his men stuck in Pusan, was a success. But the war isn’t over. In the North, the Americans will have to face an unexpected enemy. On the other side of the

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War of Worlds 1947-1950 - The Escalation of Fear

War of Worlds 1947-1950 – The Escalation of Fear

War of Worlds 1947-1950 – The Escalation of Fear: 1947. Fearing that a damaged Europe might fall prey to Communism, President Truman launches the Marshall Plan, a major loan package offered to European nations to assist in their reconstruction. It is also a way to help the French in Indochina, where Ho Chi Minh has established a proper government, working

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War of Worlds 1945-1991 - The Big Rift

War of Worlds 1945-1991 – The Big Rift

War of Worlds 1945-1991 – The Big Rift: Summer 1945. Leaving the atrocities of World War II behind, the Allied nations wholeheartedly celebrate victory and enjoy a return to world peace. But, behind the scenes of the post-war era, a more drawn-out, insidious confrontation is in the making between those who must build the world of tomorrow. In the West,

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Rich Hall's Red Menace

Rich Hall’s Red Menace

Rich Hall’s Red Menace: 2019 marks the 30th year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and, ostensibly, the end of the Cold War. In light of this, Rich Hall embarks on an examination of the relationship between the West and the East, America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.     In his unique way, Rich looks at

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Korea - The Never Ending War

Korea – The Never Ending War

Korea – The Never Ending War: between 1950 and 1953, more than 24 nations sent troops to Korea as the opposing ambitions and ideologies of the emerging Cold War superpowers – China, Russia and the USA – fought for supremacy on the peninsula.     With first-hand testimony and new historical material, Korea: The Never Ending War retraces the history

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The Wall - A World Divided

The Wall – A World Divided

“The Wall: A World Divided” looks deep inside the revolution that swept across Europe three decades ago — with the November 1989 opening of the Berlin Wall — to understand how this remarkable event helped end the Cold War without a shot being fired.     The Berlin Wall separating East and West Germany was the most potent symbol of

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