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The origins of the Cold War can be traced back to World War 1 and World War 2. In the final months of World War 2, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin already
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The origins of the Cold War can be traced back to World War 1 and World War 2. In the final months of World War 2, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin already started to work on a post-war order for the world. Paranoia and intrigue already laid the foundation for The Cold War. For the next 40 years a struggle would hold on, to pursue a policy of deténte while constantly weighing out the balance of terror. Indy tells you everything about the beginnings of the Cold War on IT'S HISTORY.
Not so long after World War 2, the Cold War had its first very hot conflict. After the separation of Korea into a communist north and a pro-western south, the stage was set for war. A
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Not so long after World War 2, the Cold War had its first very hot conflict. After the separation of Korea into a communist north and a pro-western south, the stage was set for war. A war that escalated quickly and brought new innovations to the front that were only in a testing phase a few years earlier. The conflict cooled down into an armistice and created the DMZ that we still know today.
The agreements made late during World War 2 were soon to become obsolete when the USSR and the Allies couldn't agree on the economic future of Germany. After the US further alienated
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The agreements made late during World War 2 were soon to become obsolete when the USSR and the Allies couldn't agree on the economic future of Germany. After the US further alienated Joseph Stalin with the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, the decision was made to divide Germany. The Iron Curtain fell over Europe. East and West Germany would remain symbols of the balance of terror and completely opposite ideologies of the bipolar world during the Cold War for the next 40 years.
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." a famous quote from Robert Oppenheimer the father of the Atomic Bomb. The most obvious Weapon of Mass Destruction that most people think
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"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." a famous quote from Robert Oppenheimer the father of the Atomic Bomb. The most obvious Weapon of Mass Destruction that most people think of when they hear the term. But humanity brought other WMDs to the world too like the chemical agents during World War 1. Guy takes you on a tour through the history of mass destruction.
"No one intends to build a wall!“ - Walter Ulbricht's famous quote, implying that nobody would dare to close the borders between West Germany and the GDR, confirmed the plans for a wall
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"No one intends to build a wall!“ - Walter Ulbricht's famous quote, implying that nobody would dare to close the borders between West Germany and the GDR, confirmed the plans for a wall in the best Freudian fashion. But as the first Secretary General for the East German Unity Party ( SED), the "father of the Berlin Wall" did much more for the history of the German Democratic Republic. Brett tells you everything about Walter Ulbricht Biography and his political carreer on IT'S HISTORY.
The Cold War certainly happened on a multitude of fronts like sports, science and of course the military. Each super power had to prove that their ideology was superior through
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The Cold War certainly happened on a multitude of fronts like sports, science and of course the military. Each super power had to prove that their ideology was superior through advancements in science or medals during the Olympic Games. The space race at first was a fair head to head race until Kennedy's NASA shot Neil Armstrong to the moon. Brett tells you everything about the contest of ideologies during the Cold War.
When Alan Turing built his first computer to crack the Nazi codes of the Enigma with his Turing Machine, he was far from the first one to think of the universal calculator. Even on the
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When Alan Turing built his first computer to crack the Nazi codes of the Enigma with his Turing Machine, he was far from the first one to think of the universal calculator. Even on the German side Konrad Zuse already had built a similar machine. Brett tells you everything about one of the most important inventions of the 20th Century on IT'S HISTORY.
Nicaragua is a perfect example of a small Latin American country being under crossfire by super powers. During the Cold War Communism seems a viable option for Nicaragua and the so
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Nicaragua is a perfect example of a small Latin American country being under crossfire by super powers. During the Cold War Communism seems a viable option for Nicaragua and the so called Sandinistas get to power. The CIA and later US-President Ronald Reagan don't take kindly to Communism in their backyard. So, they supply anti communist militias called the Contras with weapons. The money for those weapons comes from deals with Iran - and Cocaine. Today these dubious proceedings are known as the Iran-Contra-Affair.
Learn all about the Proxy war in Nicaragua from Indy in this episode.
Espionage is what we don't know much about but what we instantly connect to the Cold War. Especially, the CIA and the KGB with their double agents were infamous for their activities and
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Espionage is what we don't know much about but what we instantly connect to the Cold War. Especially, the CIA and the KGB with their double agents were infamous for their activities and were the source of many movies and books. But not always did the provocation between East and West take place in secrecy. In 1961 the US, under John F. Kennedy’s order, wanted to overthrow Fidel Castro’s Cuban Revolution, all the while, the Soviet Union started placing Missiles and troops in Cuba, aimed at potential attacks and defense against America and as an answer of America placing Jupiter ballistic missiles in Turkey, aimed against the Soviet Union. When American spies caught on to the USSR’s military Tactics, Kennedy openly warned Nikita Khrushchev about potential Nuclear retaliation. All of this lead up to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion, Brett explains how this almost resulted in an atomic war, this episode on IT’S HISTORY.
t’s hard to imagine what our world would be like today without the invention of the internet. What it means to our society can be answered in many ways. Based on a project of internet
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t’s hard to imagine what our world would be like today without the invention of the internet. What it means to our society can be answered in many ways. Based on a project of internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, the roots of our internet today are strongly grounded in the need for stable and secure means of communication during the Cold War. Not lastly thanks to the US, who worried that their centralized channels of communication and information could be destroyed by attacking enemies, established the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), focussing on developing alternative information networks. A system would soon be born under the watch of Joseph Licklider, that would be able to connect the world. Check out this episode where Brett takes a look at how the internet became the ever present cultural phenomenon that it is today.
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. As a citizen of the Soviet Union she became a symbol of defeat to the West during the Space Race. As the USSR had not only beaten the
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Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. As a citizen of the Soviet Union she became a symbol of defeat to the West during the Space Race. As the USSR had not only beaten the USA, by sending the first man, Yuri Gagarin to space, but also by letting the first female cosmonaut follow shortly after. But was her dream just a propaganda story or was it proof for the equality of the sexes in the USSR? All about the female astronaut in our episode on IT'S HISTORY.
If it's 5 to 12, it's certainly time to do something to avoid a catastrophe. That metaphor is actually based on the doomsday clock, an imaginary clock set up by scientists during the
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If it's 5 to 12, it's certainly time to do something to avoid a catastrophe. That metaphor is actually based on the doomsday clock, an imaginary clock set up by scientists during the Cold War to remind us how close we were to mutually assured destruction. The East and the West both possessed enough Nuclear Weapons to kill the world in an atomic showdown, creating a constant battle for a balance of terror. Follow Brett in our new episode to learn how the Arms Race escalated during the Cold War.
The Vietnam War is the most prominent of the proxy wars during the Cold War. The turning point in the conflict was the Tet Offensive. A huge attack by the viet cong in various cities of
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The Vietnam War is the most prominent of the proxy wars during the Cold War. The turning point in the conflict was the Tet Offensive. A huge attack by the viet cong in various cities of South Vietnam. It completely took the US- and South Vietnamese troops by surprise. By calculations the offensive was a victory for the USA, but in hindsight it had a huge impact on the home front. Find out all about the Tet Offensive and the battle tactics of the assaults in South Vietnam with Indy Neidell on IT'S HISTORY.
Until the 50s, the production of music was only possible with classical instruments. But during the time of rapid changes after World War 2, the old principles were about to change with
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Until the 50s, the production of music was only possible with classical instruments. But during the time of rapid changes after World War 2, the old principles were about to change with the invention of the synthesizer. Follow Indy and find out how the electronic creation of sounds changed music forever.
Following the Second World war, a new generation prospers and they are sick of their parents old certitudes. They despise war and dream of a new world of peace and free love. This
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Following the Second World war, a new generation prospers and they are sick of their parents old certitudes. They despise war and dream of a new world of peace and free love. This episode is all about how hippies, rock music and the beat generation tried to change the world.
Ewa Klobukowska was a successful Polish athlete and she set several records during her career. When it came to her qualification for the Olympic Games in Mexico City 1968, she had to be
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Ewa Klobukowska was a successful Polish athlete and she set several records during her career. When it came to her qualification for the Olympic Games in Mexico City 1968, she had to be tested to determine her biological sex. The tests results determined that Ewa was intersexual - she had an additional X-Chromosome. Her genetic mutation was then used by the West to publicly discredit her and she lost her records.
Trenchcoats, bugs and secret agents are things we all know from the movies. But the Cold War was a busy time for spies from the USA and the Soviet Union. The USSR sent a real master spy
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Trenchcoats, bugs and secret agents are things we all know from the movies. But the Cold War was a busy time for spies from the USA and the Soviet Union. The USSR sent a real master spy to New York during this golden time of espionage: Rudolf Abel. Dead drops, secret hideouts and multiple identities, he really thought of everything when he was sending nuclear secrets back home. But he didn't account for one thing: The clumsiness of his assistant.
What do Wolverine, Mr. Spock and Gandalf have in common? Their creators were all children of the Cold War during which arts and culture underwent a fundamental change. Comics, Science
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What do Wolverine, Mr. Spock and Gandalf have in common? Their creators were all children of the Cold War during which arts and culture underwent a fundamental change. Comics, Science Fiction and Fantasy were born and became accepted despite heavy resistance. Also the music changed with new instruments like the synthesiser and new styles from Bob Dylan to Sex Pistols.
The Falklands War was based on an old colonial struggle between two former world powers. When the military Junta in Argentina decided to claim the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic
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The Falklands War was based on an old colonial struggle between two former world powers. When the military Junta in Argentina decided to claim the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic they didn't reckon with Great Britain's Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher. The British Prime Minister unleashed full scale invasion. The Royal Navy and the British Army landed and ultimately took the capital Port Stanley. The Argentine Army surrendered shortly after that.
Joseph McCarthy rose to fame during the 1950s fighting communism on American soil. The ever lingering fear of Soviet spies spreading un-Americanism in the US during the cold war hit a
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Joseph McCarthy rose to fame during the 1950s fighting communism on American soil. The ever lingering fear of Soviet spies spreading un-Americanism in the US during the cold war hit a nerve and quickly made him popular in the republican political field. With time though more and more inconsistencies and paranoid outings surfaced concerning the gravity of the imminent communist threat which should ultimately lead to his downfall. To this day the dispute stands, was Joe McCarthy a paranoid egoist or a patriotic protector of state?
The Fall of the Berlin Wall is the event that stands out among the Revolutions of 1989 that ended the Cold War. The peaceful revolution and the German Reunification led to the Fall of
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall is the event that stands out among the Revolutions of 1989 that ended the Cold War. The peaceful revolution and the German Reunification led to the Fall of the Iron Curtain altogether. But how did the events in 1989 unfold and what did the Glasnost and Perestroika policy from Mikhail Gorbachev have to do with it? Find out with Guy in our new episode about the Cold War.
A city that is not plastered with branches of US Fast Food chains is a rare sight nowadays. That wasn't always the case. Fast Food, as we know it today, is a child of the economic boom
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A city that is not plastered with branches of US Fast Food chains is a rare sight nowadays. That wasn't always the case. Fast Food, as we know it today, is a child of the economic boom after World War 2. Taking your new car for a ride to the Drive-In restaurant and getting a fresh burger; that's the American Dream right there. Ultimately the concept of identical taste and identical manufacturing steps is one thing: pure capitalism. Food chains keep wages and costs as low as possible and that is why Fast Food is not nearly as glamorous today as it once was. So put down that Hamburger and find out all about the history of Fast Food with Guy on IT'S HISTORY.
When the Soviet Union intervened in Afghan Civil War, they created a spiral of violence that is still going on till this day. On the one side the Soviet troops weren't able to gain
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When the Soviet Union intervened in Afghan Civil War, they created a spiral of violence that is still going on till this day. On the one side the Soviet troops weren't able to gain control over the huge country. On the other side, the US, via the CIA, and the Arab countries supported guerrilla fighters with arms deliveries. These militias called themselves Mujahideen and thought that they are fighting a Holy War against the infidel communists. Even after the retreat of the Red Army, Afghanistan remained in chaos, the Taliban seized power and after 9/11 NATO forces invaded the country and made the same mistakes the Russians did before.
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