Difference between revisions of "The Cold War"

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'''WW2  1st September 1939 to 2nd July 1945 in Europe, and 8th May 1945 in Japan'''.  click [[WW2]] for articles
 
'''WW2  1st September 1939 to 2nd July 1945 in Europe, and 8th May 1945 in Japan'''.  click [[WW2]] for articles
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'''The Cold War''' lasted from '''12th March 1947 to 25 December 1991'''
  
 
'''click''' [[1947 Cold War Started]] in which Doug Tilbury, member of The Local Parish Council, became the Local Defence Volunteer to take on the training to prepare for and what to do in the event of a local nuclear strike from Russia.  
 
'''click''' [[1947 Cold War Started]] in which Doug Tilbury, member of The Local Parish Council, became the Local Defence Volunteer to take on the training to prepare for and what to do in the event of a local nuclear strike from Russia.  
  
click [[1991 Cold War Ended]] for description of the field ovens with which the Civil Defence Volunteers were issued and how some were used locally after 1991.     
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'''click''' [[1991 Cold War Ended]] for description of the field ovens with which the Civil Defence Volunteers were issued and how some were used locally after 1991.     
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''The Cold War''' lasted from '''12th March 1947 to 25 December 1991'''
 
  
 
'''click''' [[1967 The Last Village Bobby]] by P.C. Smith in which he describes his equipment and the air raid siren, about which he explained :-
 
'''click''' [[1967 The Last Village Bobby]] by P.C. Smith in which he describes his equipment and the air raid siren, about which he explained :-

Revision as of 07:37, 17 December 2023

Also see :-

The Boer War (the Anglo-Boer War). click 1900 A Spectacular Welcome for the homecoming of Charles Evelyn Forrest.

WW1 28th July 1914 to 11th November 1918. click WW1 for articles

WW2 1st September 1939 to 2nd July 1945 in Europe, and 8th May 1945 in Japan. click WW2 for articles

The Cold War lasted from 12th March 1947 to 25 December 1991

click 1947 Cold War Started in which Doug Tilbury, member of The Local Parish Council, became the Local Defence Volunteer to take on the training to prepare for and what to do in the event of a local nuclear strike from Russia.

click 1991 Cold War Ended for description of the field ovens with which the Civil Defence Volunteers were issued and how some were used locally after 1991.

click 1967 The Last Village Bobby by P.C. Smith in which he describes his equipment and the air raid siren, about which he explained :-

"This was the cold war 1960’s and our nearest neighbour was Strike Command Headquarters, the Soviet Union’s number one nuclear target.

 I did a test run with the siren; it took 45 minutes to drag it out into my front garden, read the instructions and assemble it. The estimated time of arrival of a nuclear missile strike was 4 minutes; this left me 41 minutes short of warning the good folk of Lacey Green of a very loud bang".