Many traces of the communist dictatorship can be found in today’s modern and thriving Hungary. The most visited ones, like … Continue reading The Cold War in Hungary – Military Collections, Leftovers & More
Since the beginning caught in the storm of WWII, Poland saw its border changed again in 1945 by the Western … Continue reading Soviet ‘Monolith’ Nuclear Bunkers in Poland – Survivors & Ghosts
Similar to other satellite countries like Poland, Czechoslovakia and the former German Democratic Republic, for decades after WWII Hungary was … Continue reading The Red Army in Hungary – Airbases, Bunkers and Ghost Towns
Belgrade, the capital city of today’s Serbia, with a population of 1.3 millions, boasts traces of dating back to the … Continue reading Belgrade War Heritage – From WWII to the Yugoslav Wars
With a few parallels in aviation history, especially in the years immediately following WWII, former Yugoslavia benefited from supplies by … Continue reading The Aeronautical Museum of Belgrade
Among all oddities populating the extensive area of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – the immense cordoned area surrounding the ill-fated … Continue reading Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Third Chapter: Pripyat
The nuclear power-plant of Chernobyl took its name from an early medieval village – actually one of the oldest settlements … Continue reading Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Second Chapter: Nuclear Power-Plant & Nearby Villages
Especially after the acclaimed HBO series of 2019, the events of the Chernobyl accident, as well as the drama of … Continue reading Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – First Chapter: Duga Radar and Military Village
The area of Jüterbog, about one hour driving south of downtown Berlin, boasts a long military tradition since well before … Continue reading Forst Zinna – A Soviet Ghost Base in Germany
For the full span of the Cold War, the communist German Democratic Republic has been a highly militarized region. Due … Continue reading Soviet and East German Relics North of Berlin
