Visit our brand new exhibition ‘The Cold War, in the Shadow of the Bomb.’
A brand new, immersive and interactive exhibition: The Cold War, in the Shadow of the Bomb is now open at Royal Signals Museum in Blandford Forum.
In 1945, World War II came to an end. What followed, however, was not peace, but the beginning of a new and dangerous global confrontation. The Soviet occupation of East Germany marked the start of a political and ideological struggle between Communism and the Western Allies – a conflict that would come to define the second half of the 20th century.
It was a time of profound uncertainty and fear. An arms race for nuclear weapons and escalating rhetoric between Soviet and American leaders, combined to create a doctrine grimly known as Mutually Assured Destruction.
In response, large formations of armoured divisions faced each other in a chess like game of movement and counter movement across the European hills and plains, and mass peace demonstrations urged governments to invest in ‘Bread not Bombs’.
This interactive and engaging exhibition brings this story of this period alive.
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