In the tense early years of the Cold War, governments around the world were frantically making plans about what to do in the ...

At the end of the Cold War, East Germany's systematic doping secrets spilled out. The truth on the other side of the Berlin Wall has taken longer to emerge.

Compared with the threat of a Soviet invasion of West Germany, assisted by a communist fifth column from within, the chances of a Nazi resurgence were slim to nonexistent.” ...

From the front lines of the Cold War to the trenches of Ukraine, archival photos tell the story of Radio Free Europe, which ...

Despite its division and unhappy role as the border between nuclear armed rivals during the Cold War, West Germany became a NATO member in 1955, benefiting from the alliance’s protection ...

Germany is one of several NATO countries that host U.S. nuclear weapons, and domestic opposition to such deployments stretches back to when then-West Germany was a front-line state during the Cold ...

Also, the precision of modern weapons is "so great that a direct hit could destroy any kind of shelter." The magazine noted how during the Cold War, West Germany had around 2,000 bunkers, 579 of ...

West Germany was accepted as a member of NATO in 1955 and began to reestablish its military—an ... During the 13-day ... Discover More Stories About the Cold War: Home / WAR. ABOUT; CONTACT US; ...

At the end of the Second World War in 1945, Germany was on the cusp of facing another bout of unrest. Over the next decade-and-a-half, political, social and economic factors resulted in the ...

(3/5). The archives of KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin challenge the notion that French intelligence services were never infiltrated during the Cold War: Throughout the 1950s, agent Pierre Chaignot ...

For almost 25 years, West Germany has served as the front line of the cold war between the two superpowers. For nearly as long, it has also been the site of a smaller, less-publicized struggle that ...

He decided that the best way to fight for democracy “was to work for the West.” He worked for British intelligence for more than a decade during the chilliest years of the Cold War.