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🎙️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁! The third episode of our podcast series together with GA! History at Present, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 is online now! Together with Dr. María Gabriela Palacio, we discuss the Cold War legacies of Latin America. Listen to it now!

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🎙️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁! The third episode of our podcast series together with GA! History at Present, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 is online now! Together with Dr. María Gabriela Palacio, we discuss the Cold War legacies of Latin America. Listen to it now!

🎙️𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁! The second episode of our podcast series together with GA! History at Present, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 is online now! Together with Dr. Alanna O'Malley, we discuss the Cold War legacies of the United Nations. Listen to it now!

The Cold War Research Network is proud to announce the creation of the "Cold War Sources List” featuring links to primary and secondary sources for studying Cold War-related topics. Want to know more about the Cold War Sources List? Click on the link: coldwarresearchnetwork.nl/cold-war-sourc…

#CWTEE – Today, we finish our series Cold War Through The Expert Eyes by asking our members the final question ‘‘What does the Cold War mean for you?’’. Check our website for all the answers of our members! coldwarresearchnetwork.nl/what-does-the-…

#CWCP- Last month, student members Lars and Judith recommended several songs as part of the Cold War in Popular Culture series. This month, the focus shifts to movies. Lars suggests watching the movie ‘The Siege of Jadotville’ for the month of January. youtube.com/watch?v=9_JHsi…

#CWPC - This month, our student team members will recommend several films for Cold War in Popular Culture. Today, Judith recommends taking a look at the film 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘺𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯! Click on the link to watch the trailer. youtube.com/watch?v=u5hzmw…

#OnThisDay – In 1961, a B-52 bomber crashed in North Carolina. The aircraft was on a ‘‘Cover All’’ mission, preceeding Operation Chrome Dome. Two bombs yielding a nuclear power 250 times greater than Hiroshima, fell into the tobacco fields of Wayne County.

Photograph 1: The MK-39 in the 1961 Goldsboro B-52 accident (United States Air Force, via Wikimedia). Photograph 2: Personnel work to recover the buried MK-39 bomb that fell into the North Carolina fields (U.S. Air Force, via Wikimedia).

𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨! 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐.𝙎. 𝘼𝙞𝙧 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 ⚛️ ⚛️ ⚛️

#OnThisDay – In 1968, an U.S. aircraft carrying a B-52 bomber, part of Operation Chrome Dome, crashed near Thule Air Base in the Wholsstenhole Fjord, Greenland. This marked the end of Operation Chrome Dome, initiated by the U.S. to deter any nuclear attack from the Soviet Union.

Photograph 3: Inuit around the base worked with the U.S. Air Force to get to the B-52 crash. The sledges were the only way to get to the crash site. (Joseph Thomas, via Wikimedia).

Photograph 1: Gunner rescued after ejecting from a B-52 that crashed the Thule Air Base on 21 January 1968 (Projected Crested Ice, via Wikimedia). Photograph 2: Aerial photograph of blackened ice at the crash scene, with the point of impact at the top (United States Air Force)

#OnThisDay– In 1964, an American B-52D bomber carrying two nuclear bombs crashed in the Savage Mountains of Pennsylvania due to extreme weather conditions. The accident became known as the Savage Mountain B-52 crash of 1964.

#OnThisDay– In 1966, an American Boeing B-52G bomber collided mid-air with a Boeing KC-135 tanker, causing both planes to crash near the Spanish village of Palomares. The Boeing B-52G carried four thermonuclear hydrogen bombs, which also fell to the ground.

- Picture 3, Depicts Operation Chrome Dome flight path over Southern Europe. The picture also shows the refueling tracks// The original uploader was Emt147 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

- Picture 2, Depicts the Boom operator's view of a B-52 from a KC-135 tanker // Staff Sgt. Douglas Nicodemus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.