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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

British Military 1950s

Cold War mapped - '45-'91 ..

The National Service Act 1948 was an Act of Parliament which extended the British conscription of the Second World War long after the war-time need for it had expired, in the form of "National Service". After a bill with the same purpose had been approved in 1947, expected to be implemented 1 January 1949, the Cold War and the Malayan Emergency caused a revised and extended version of the new legislation to be approved in December 1948, only days before the new arrangements came into force.

The act had much in common with the National Service Act of September 1939, which it superseded, but its aim was to continue National Service even at times when the country was not at war. The National Service Act of September 1939 had not addressed this issue.

The National Service Act 1948 applied to all healthy young men (women did not have to do National Service) who were not registered as conscientious objectors. It did not affect the exemption from service of registered conscientious objectors, nor the procedure for registration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Service_Act_1948 .
https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/what-was-national-service .

The Army's Voice No 1 (1953) > .

Bundeswehr 1991

After The Berlin Wall: Making Germany’s Armed Forces (Bundeswehr 1991 Documentary) > .

The East German Army - The New Wehrmacht? > .

23-1-26 Germany's military in dire state. Fix? | DW > .

22-7-3 Germany - Rearmament & Ukraine - €100 billion & Bundeswehr - Perun > .
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The Nationale Volksarmee or East German Army looked very similar to the old Wehrmacht. This video explores why this happened and what kind of identity East Germany tried to create for its People's Army and how much it actually took from older German armies. The end result was a fascinating miss-mash of German military traditions and uniforms and a surprisingly efficient army.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Captive Citizens (Soviet Union controls)

Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Reform? - Cold War > .

Soviet Tourism: How did People Get In and Out? - Cold War > .

Why Russia wants to restore the Soviet borders - Caspian > .

24-2-10 Borders: Some Countries Are Nearly Impossible to Escape - Map > .

Cold War mapped - '45-'91 ..

CGWHQ - Central Government War Headquarters

Central Government War HQ: UK’s Secret Nuclear Bunker - Geog > . skip ad > .

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Central Government War HQ: UK’s Secret Nuclear Bunker - Geog > . skip ad > .

Bunker Defence | Secret Bunkers - h&c > .

24-6-1 Impossible to Defeat the USA - Geomore > .

24-5-25 US Doomsday Defense Plan is Unbeatable - Map Pack > .

24-5-4 Why the US Defense Plan is [Probably] Unbeatable - Map Pack > .

24-4-27 Mount Weather: US Government’s Emergency Hideout - Mega > .

23-11-17 NORAD/Space Force: Inside Cheyenne Mountain - nwyt > . skip > .

22-4-20 Nuclear Defences - ROC Cold War 1, Ċold Ŵar 2 - mfp > .

Cold War

York Cold War Bunker | 10 Places That Made England - Heritage > .

Secret Nuclear Bunker Built For the British Government - HiHi > .

NORAD: America's Secret Underground Nuclear Base | Spark > .

Bunkers vs WW3 | Secret Bunkers - h&c > .

Bunker Defence | Secret Bunkers - h&c > .

Bunkering Down - Cold War - Leo Orbis >> .

10 Places That Made England - Heritage >> .

WW2

Operational Bases of British Resistance. 'The Secrets of Underground Britain' > .

Bunker Defence | Secret Bunkers - h&c > .

ARP, Bunkers, Shelters, Underground - BePr >> .

Spies & Ties - WW2 >>>

>> Espionage, Intelligence >>>

CoG - Continuity of Government ..

Cold War mapped - '45-'91 ..

Evacuation Plans & Pied Piper ..

CGWHQ - Central Government War Headquarters, Cold War ..

Spies for Peace ..

The Central Government War Headquarters (CGWHQ) is a 35-acre (14 ha) complex built 120 feet (37 m) underground as the United Kingdom's emergency government war headquarters – the hub of the country's alternative seat of power outside London during a nuclear war or conflict with the Soviet Union. It is located in Corsham, Wiltshire, in a former Bath stone quarry known as Spring Quarry, under the present-day MoD Corsham. In 1940, during the WW2, the site was acquired by the Minister of Aircraft Production and used as an underground engine factory.

It was commissioned in 1955, after approval by prime minister Anthony Eden. However it became outdated shortly after it was built, due to intercontinental ballistic missiles being able to target it, and the formulation of other plans (such as PYTHON). Nevertheless the complex continued to have a role in war plans and remained in operation for thirty years.

At the end of the Cold War, in 1991, the still-unused complex was taken over by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and kept on standby in case of future nuclear threats to the UK.

The complex was known variously as "Stockwell", "Subterfuge", "Burlington", "Turnstile", "Chanticleer", "Peripheral", and "Site 3". It was also nicknamed "Hawthorn" by journalist Duncan Campbell, who first revealed its existence in his 1982 book War Plan UK. It was also mentioned by Peter Laurie in his 1979 revised edition of Beneath the City Streets.

In December 2004, with the underground reservoir drained, emptied of fuel and supplies, and with a skeleton staff of just four, the site was decommissioned. In October 2005, it became public that the MoD was putting the site up for sale in a package deal that included the CGWHQ with the military base above it. Proposed uses include a "massive data store for City [financial] firms or the biggest wine cellar in Europe".

In October 2015 certain areas of the complex including the Telephone Exchange were put on the Historic England "At Risk" register due to their immediate threat of being lost or damaged beyond recognition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Government_War_Headquarters .

History and General Info

http://burlingtonandbeyond.co.uk/wp/ .

https://www.insider.com/inside-burlin... .

https://historicengland.org.uk/listin... .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/underg... .

The Bunker for sale

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/20... .

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/b... .

Soviet Nuclear Programme

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-h... .

British Nuclear Programme