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A COLD WAR

Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris

A NSFW, detailed and funny long-form podcast about The Cold War.

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61:59

CW 237 - Hiss & the Rosenbergs

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2023/05/12

66:04

CW 236 - Monty

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2023/04/26

Our final NATO episode! The Pentagon is worried that there isn’t enough military budget to pay for both domestic and European defence. Until someone had the insight that the two might be closely related. So now the Western Union’s defense committee had to pick a commander-in-chief.

48:56

CW 235 - Forging The Alliance

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2023/04/14

69:46

Cold War 234 - “The Vandenberg Resolution”

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2023/03/25

Everyone is trying to figure out a model for European co-operation. Secret meetings at the Pentagon between the US, UK and Canada in March/April 1948 explored three possible extensions of the Brussels pact. Churchill’s son-in-law, Duncan Sandys then put together a pan-European conference at The Hague (when he wasn’t getting sneaky blowjobs from the wife of a duke). The CIA even had their own secret operation. But the turning point was “The Vandenberg Resolution”.

58:49

Cold War 233 - Big Stick Diplomacy

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2023/03/11

During 1947-48, England and France had been working on their own treaty as well as one involving the so-called Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg). That became the basis of discussions about a broader treaty creating a United States of Europe, something many US and European leaders wanted, especially in light of the Marshall Plan. But the path to get there wasn’t clear. Europe was scared of upsetting the Soviets without US guarantees of military support, but the US wasn’t ready to

62:32

Cold War #232 - Norway Wants The Money

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2023/02/24

61:53

#231 - Finlandization

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2023/02/12

49:36

#230 - The Communist "Coup"

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2023/01/20

51:53

Cold War #229 - Peak Communism

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2023/01/08

After Benes took control of Czechoslovakia again after WWII, with the support of the Allies, he ran a program of ethnic cleansing, mostly targeting people of German ancestry. And the Czech Communist party became the most popular political party of any country in history in proportion to the total national population.

53:09

Cold War #228 - Czechoslovakia

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2022/12/12

Let’s talk about the history of Czechoslovakia. The anti-semitic founder of the modern state was well connected in the USA, all the way up to POTUS. His list of important American friends included a Nazi-lovin’ industrialist. But the state he founded was friendly to Jews and pushed through some socialist progressive reforms…. Until it was abandoned by the Western powers and practically handed to Hitler on a silver platter.

57:00

CW 227 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

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2022/12/03

Significant electoral victories and strikes by domestic socialist parties in France and Italy pushed the UK to insist on American military support for the Marshall Plan’s rollout. In the United States, there were divergent views on whether or not that was a good idea - until something happened in 1948 which sealed the deal.

44:22

CW 226 - Empire By Invitation

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2022/11/11

European recipients of the Marshall Plan funds were quite clear to the USA that they needed help keeping the socialists down and out of their countries. And the USA recognized that its own economic welfare rested on the revival of Europe. Funding a pro-capitalist European recovery was a matter of national self-interest.

47:03

Cold War 225 - The Creation of NATO

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2022/10/30

We want to take a break from Korea to talk about the creation of NATO. Obviously relevant with the whole Ukraine situation. And it took on a new kind of mission during the Korean War. But let’s go back and look at where it came from.

31:15

Cold War #224 ‘Thank God that’s over.’

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2022/10/16

MacArthur is gone but he isn’t going quietly. He thinks he can rally his support into a run for the POTUS job. He is gravely mistaken.

44:48

Cold War #223 - Terminated

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2022/09/30

By April 1951, MacArthur wanted to nuke China. But Truman had had enough of his giant ego. It was time for him to go.

44:36

Cold War #222 - Operation KILLER

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2022/09/09

Ridgway thought there was no reason for the US army to abandon the Korean peninsula. They just needed to do a better job of digging themselves in. The transformation of Eighth Army after the coming of its new commander astonished and profoundly impressed all those who witnessed it. Meanwhile, MacArthur’s relationship with the Joint Chiefs, and Truman, just became worse and worse. And China conducted its withdrawal methodically, giving the US a chance to back down and save face before it was too

45:50

Cold War #221 - “The Soldier’s General”

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2022/08/28

General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, “The Soldier’s General”, takes over command of the 8th Army and his “back to basics” approach was exactly what was needed.

52:03

Cold War #220 - Without Further Bloodshed

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2022/08/12

By early Feb 1951, it became evident that a military disaster for the UN in Korea wasn’t likely. Under the new command of Ridgway, after Walker had died in a jeep accident, the 8th army were holding on. Meanwhile in China… They also thought they could win the entire Korean Peninsula. So weren’t really trying hard to negotiate a peaceful settlement with two Koreas. But then… On 15 March 1951, MacArthur, who heard that Truman was going to push for peace, gave a press interview…. in breach of Truman’s

64:19

Cold War #219 - Every Weapon We Have

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2022/08/04

In December 1950, MacArthur and Truman are both threatening the use of atomic weapons against China and North Korea. Meanwhile, the British are trying to talk them into making peace with China, while Truman struggles with massive unpopularity back home.

89:14

Cold War #218 - Six Year Recap

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2022/07/15

While Cam is in the USA, the lads sit down to have a lazy chat about the highlights of the last six years of talking about the Cold War.

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