Nuclear war in Canada! Here's some extracts from Survival in Likely Target Areas, part of Canada's early 1960s Blueprint for Survival series. The illustrations are rather more dramatic than other countries' efforts. Happy Friday! #coldwarhist #nuclearwar

lesser known secret missions of the Falklands carried out by British Airways and Concorde.Fleet Air Arm and RAF needed more air to air missiles, specifically Sidewinder. To get these as fast as possible, they were loaded onto Concorde and flown to London, then onto Ascension.

Throwback Thursday - that time I went on a #soviet #submarine in the River #medway with Foxtrot B49 pod.fo/e/f825

F-4E buzzing G.Is. Did you know that during the early #ColdWar era, the US actually planned for a potential Soviet invasion of #Alaska ? They even recruited & trained private citizens across the state to serve as sleeper agents to spy on the invaders!😗 #avgeeks

Coming soon to @coldwarpod!

April 30th 1982: Eleven Victor tankers & two Vulcan bombers take off from Ascension to launch the longest bombing raid in history, codenamed Operation Black Buck. The talking is done, and tomorrow, Argentina will see Great Britain at war...

God speed, boys.....

#coldwar #wedding #czechslovakia #Prague

A deep dive into Britain's V-bomber force's operational #nuclearwar role. pod.fo/e/225523

#coldwar #avrovulcan #vbombers #RAF

Delighted to see Manchester Museum my “other job” has been nominated for the 2024 Museum of the Year award.

Good luck to the other entrants!

#museumjob #manchestermuseum .
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… People of Greater Manchester 🐝 Peter Fallon Manchester Histories MCR Art Gallery The Lowry Manchester City Council

It’s a lovely programme. It’s like a huge comfort blanket.

Yesterday I was invited to a Girlguiding group to talk about the significance of the #DDAY landings.

One of them brought an amazing archive of their grandfather's time as a #POW including his identity tags and associated documents. Note his broadcast on German radio.

Ernst Thälmann Park in 1988 #gdr #berlin

#OTD in 1975, SVAF Maj. Buang-Ly stole a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog and landed on USS Midway with his wife and 5 children to escape North Vietnamese forces. The Midway's CO ordered $10 million worth of helicopters to be pushed overboard to clear the deck for Buang's landing.

IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! JEWELRY EDITION! Hana Koecher, part of the
Hana Koecher, part of Karl and Hana StB husband and wife swinging spy team, worked at Harry Winston as diamond grader then opened her own business, Novissa Corporation, on W 47th St as cover for espionage

Who do you think you are kidding Mr Brezhnev? pod.fo/e/14aea3

Brilliant!

No room for #Huntforredoctober ?

#ColdWar #SovietNavy

When you notice you’re followed by former Prime Ministers of #sweden and #iceland

Carl Bildt Sigmundur Davíð

*not to be sold in North Korea. 😂