Dr. Vince Houghton, historian and curator at the International Spy Museum, is the author of Nuking the Moon and Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board.

Vince Houghton

Dr. Vince Houghton, historian and curator at the International Spy Museum, is the author of Nuking the Moon and Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board.

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World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. Explore the battles, leaders and atrocities from the war and its impact on geopolitics and humankind.

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The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for decades and resulted in anti-communist suspicions and international incidents that led two superpowers to the brink of nuclear disaster.

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Why the Air Force Almost Blasted the Moon with an H‑Bomb