History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. While any topic is fair game, Matt and McKinley hold a soft spot for the offbeat and wacky stories that most people don’t know about.
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History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. While any topic is fair game, Matt and McKinley hold a soft spot for the offbeat and wacky stories that most people don’t know about.
Oleg Gordievsky - MI6's most valuable Cold War Spy
History Dispatches
44 minutes
1 week ago
Oleg Gordievsky - MI6's most valuable Cold War Spy
In 1983, the Kremlin became convinced NATO was preparing to strike first with nuclear weapons. However, British Intelligence had a man inside London’s Soviet Embassy who discovered just how dangerously close the world was to nuclear war. His warnings to MI6 and Washington may be the only reason the Cold War didn’t go hot. This is the story of Oleg Gordievsky - MI6's most valuable Cold War Spy. Presented by Ian Sanders of the Cold War Conversations Podcast.
Sources
Cold War Conversation by Ian Sanders - https://coldwarconversations.com
Select Podcast Episodes
1983 - the year the Cold War almost turned hot: https://coldwarconversations.com/episode316/
Fred Haise Conversation: https://coldwarconversations.com/episode254/
Codename Sunbeam – The story of MI6’s greatest Cold War spy: https://coldwarconversations.com/episode418/
Shooting down of KAL 007 - https://coldwarconversations.com/episode229/
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Reagan_and_Gordievsky.jpg
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History Dispatches
History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. While any topic is fair game, Matt and McKinley hold a soft spot for the offbeat and wacky stories that most people don’t know about.
