Showing posts with label West Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Germany. Show all posts
Sunday, August 25, 2013

On the Frontlines of the Cold War: Voices of the Veterans Vol. II

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SrA D. Fair, United States Air Force Air Force Security Police Memmingen, West Germany /Barksdale Air Force Base, United States M...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

On the Frontlines of the Cold War: Voices of the Veterans Vol. I

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“From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember'd; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

British Forces Posted Overseas (BAOR Garrison Codes)

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The British armed forces maintained their own postal service much like armies around the world, assigning each of its facilities abroad w...
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...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Imprisoning a Nation: The Birth and Death of the Berlin Wall

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Following the end of the Second World War and the division of post war Germany among the victorious allies, the areas of occupation gra...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Penetrating the Blockade: How Operation Vittles sustained an encircled City

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The year was 1945, Berlin much like the rest of Germany lay in a state of ruin. Her streets and buildings were pockmarked with the graf...