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The T-34 Battle Monument At Siivertsi
T-34 tank monuments aren’t rare in the former Eastern Bloc, and of course, Estonia got its share. This is the short story behind one of them, the T-34 monument at Siivertsi, in eastern Estonia. More
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Russia’s Nuclear Weapons – What Does The World Really Know?
Russia, together with the United States, controls 95% of the world’s nuclear weapons. Has Russia more nuclear weapon than America? How much nuclear weapons are there in Russia and can they be used? More
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FSB In Russia – Some Facts And Rumors
FSB is the federal security service in Russia and is responsible for the country’s internal security as well as spying. Even today, FSB is located in KGB’s old headquarters. More
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The Femore Fortress – On Guard Towards The East
Outside the city, Oxelösund in Sweden lies the Femore Fortress which provides a unique insight into the everyday life of the cold war and nowadays its open to visitors. Until 1997, the Fortress had the code name “Battery OD”, and here 70 people could stay for up to a month in the event of war. More
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Did You Know That Sweden Had A Reserve Capital?
Karlsborg is a town at Lake Vättern which has for a long time been heavily militarized. It was in fact here that Sweden’s capital would be moved in case Stockholm was attacked. Take a trip to Karlsborg Fortress! More
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Latvia’s Biggest War Cemetery – Among Partisans And SS Soldiers
A war cemetery is a strange place. It is difficult to grab the scope of a resting place where so many died in a violent way. Often it is thousands of names lined up. Latvia’s largest war cemetery Lestene is no exception. More
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Huge Abandoned Military Storage Deep Inside The Mountain
During the Cold War, Sweden had a large number of military warehouses deployed deep in the forests. In the event of war, the defense could easily continue even if the cities were severely bombed. However, a warehouse of this size is unusual. More
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Duga – The Super Secret Radar “Russian Woodpecker” In Chernobyl Area
There are very exciting things in the forests around Chernobyl. Duga was super secret “over-horizon radar” that would detect nuclear missiles from the US already at the launch. Join a tour of the powerful abandoned construction. More
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The War Cemetery In Saldus With 22,000 Graves
In the Latvian city of Saldus lies one of the largest German soldiers cemeteries outside of Germany. It’s also the largest war cemetery in the Baltic States. There are almost 25,000 German soldiers, mostly from World War II. More
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Exploring An Abandoned Soviet Missile Facility
Once a missile facility that protected the Soviet Union against all possible military threats. Walk into this area without permission before the year 1995, may have resulted in many years in prison. Today the place is abandoned. Now we enter the traces of rocket pads and rooms for radar surveillance! More
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Wolf’s Liar: Adolf Hitler’s Abandoned Headquarters
Built in 1941, four years before the war was over. Yet Hitler had time to spend more than 800 days on the now abandoned site. This was Adolf Hitler’s headquarters “Wolfsschanze” in East Prussia. More
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If The War Comes: In A Normal Swedish Shelter
In the late 1930s, the Swedish government decided that focus would be on the protection of civilians in time of war. With Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson as the leader, a civilian agency called the Air Protection Inspectorate was formed. The Air Protection Inspectorate was given the responsibility of planning, managing and meeting the need […] More
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