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Iconic Figures
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Iconic Figures
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Who was Paul Wieczorek?
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To many western observers the names bestowed upon Nationale Volksarmee combat units in the German Democratic Republic are but enigmas l...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
In Cold Blood along the Wall: The Killing of Peter Fechter
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The Soviet Union and the communist satellite nations it subsequently developed within it's sphere of influence often went to extens...
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Conrad Schumann: The Man Who Lept Into History
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Many of the greatest events in world history are the result of seemingly insignificant acts that somehow forever alter the state of hum...
Sunday, July 21, 2013
The Man with a Smile that lit up the Cold War: Yuri Gagarin
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Coinciding with the massive arms buildup that became symbolic of the Cold War, was an increasing international interest in space explor...
Wernher von Braun: The Father of the Ballistic Missile
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One of the mainstays of the Cold War was the employment on both sides of the Iron Curtain of massive numbers of Intercontinental Ballis...
Saturday, July 20, 2013
A New Red Baron in the Age of Detente: Mathias Rust's Journey to Red Square
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The 1980s was a turbulent era of both hostility and reform for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. On its southern border, the Sov...
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