HISTORICAL FACTS: 15 | History Defined

Soldier Who Killed Che Guevara Dies in Bolivia

The former Bolivian soldier who claimed to have shot dead Marxist revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara died on Thursday aged 80, his relatives said. Mario Teran Salazar shot dead Argentine-born Guevara on October 9, 1967 in the eastern Santa Cruz province of Bolivia at the height of the Cold War.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 11, 2022

Would Putin use nuclear weapons? An arms control expert explains what has and hasn't changed since the invasion of Ukraine

The prospect of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States seemed, until recently, to have ended with the Cold War. Threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the weapons to keep NATO out of the Ukraine conflict have revived those decades-old fears.

The Conversation · Mar 10, 2022

Commentary: Putin’s dangerous nuclear brinkmanship in Ukraine

Most Americans view nuclear weapons as a relic of the Cold War. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed in 1985 “that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought.” That thinking has remained a “given” for the last 37 years. Unfortunately, Russian President…

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022

Inside Cold War bunkers with own power supply hidden in the Welsh countryside

A network of nuclear bunkers that were used in the Cold War have been discovered in the Welsh countryside - and they have even been used as set pieces for Doctor Who

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2022

Russia calls for return to 'peaceful co-existence' with U.S. like during Cold War -Interfax

Russia and the United States should return to the principle of "peaceful co-existence" like during the Cold War, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters · Mar 8, 2022

Cold War bunker in Edinburgh to be opened to the public as plans to transform the 1950s shelter approved

Buried 100ft below Corstorphine Hill in Edinburgh, it was Scotland's first line of defence against the threat of a nuclear attack.

Daily Record · Mar 6, 2022

ITV The Ipcress File: episodes, full cast, start date and time

The Ipcress File is a 'cinematic rollercoaster of twists and turns set in the 1960s amid the highly charged atmosphere of the Cold War'

Liverpool Echo · Mar 6, 2022

The Navy is training for a possible fight with China. Does Russia’s war make that more likely?

SAN DIEGO — For much of the past year, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the Pacific have trained for a conflict with the Pentagon’s most powerful potential adversary, China.

Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2022

History replays like a half-forgotten song, but once we remember, it’s far too late

The west fell asleep on Cold War sentry duty and thought Putin couldn’t be serious, but he was. The question remains, is Nato?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022

'So how mad is Vlad? Cold War-era nuke fears back as Putin looks increasingly desperate'

Chris McLaughlin is realistic about the chance of surviving a nuke but he's not convinced Comrade Putin is really as mad as he is making out - is it all scare tactics?

Daily Mirror · Mar 5, 2022