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04 | Why the Cold War still matters — The year no-one saw coming

04 | Why the Cold War still matters — The year no-one saw coming

Update: 2019-11-09
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In January 1989, East German leader Erich Honecker declared that the Berlin Wall would still be standing in 50 or even 100 years. By November that same year the Wall was down and the Cold War was over. 1989 was a year that no-one saw coming. Head back to 1989 and learn about the luck that led to the collapse of the Soviet empire.

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04 | Why the Cold War still matters — The year no-one saw coming

04 | Why the Cold War still matters — The year no-one saw coming

Australian Broadcasting Corporation