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Host of the Cold War Channel in YouTube. Independent Historian 20th Century, military, and Soviet and Post-Soviet spaces. Lifetime Spurs sufferer/supporter. He/him History exists in shades of grey and yet so many seek only black or whit
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OTD April 13 1976 An explosion at an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland kills forty people and injures a further 60. It is Finland's worst industrial disaster. The factory had a long operating history and had been a primary supplier of ammunition to the Finnish Army since at least

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Need Gary Goals to ensure this strategy happens. #LevyOut

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losing to Wolves. Naturally.

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Same energy

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how about we tell Pol Pot 2.0 here to stfu?

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Same energy

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The Cold War is back this week with a look at the history of Soviet Propaganda posters, from the Revolution to the Collapse. #ColdWar youtu.be/ym4sgHJpT9o

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YT Comments...sometimes the hidden ones are the most Spock-eyebrow-worthy

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The Soviets had Swan Lake. The only broadcast interrupt from US television I want to see is this on a loop:

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Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)

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Things I've done so far today: 1) edited and prepped two scripts 2) took the dog to the dog park 3) went to the grocery store 4) stopped at the Colombian bakery and bought empanadas and chicharron

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The Cold War is back this week with a look at the history of Soviet Propaganda posters, from the Revolution to the Collapse. #ColdWar youtu.be/ym4sgHJpT9o

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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

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OTD April 12 1970 K-8, a Soviet Navy Project 627 submarine (November-class) sinks in the Bay of Biscay while being towed, the result of a series of on-board fires four days prior which had forced the shut-down of both reactors. In total, sixty men die as a result of the fires and sinking.

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OTD - April 12, 1961 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first person to go to space when he is launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in a Vostok 3KA space capsule atop a Vostok K rocket. The flight lasts one orbit, a total of 108 minutes, before Gagarin successfully returns to

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He's had a busy week.

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