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Forewarned is forearmed: inside the hidden world of the Royal Observer Corps
The Royal Observer Corps were a group of appointed civilians who manned bunkers across the country during the Cold War in case of nuclear attack. Luckily this never came to pass, and on the 30th anniversary of their stand down, Sarah Harper looks back at their important work.Harper, Sarah
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Journal article
Review of: Trevor Royle, Facing the Bear: Scotland and the Cold War
In 1964 Alexander MacIntyre of Strone designed a tartan for the personnel of the American Submarine base at the Holy Loch. The tartan is registered as ‘Polaris Military’ after the infamous nuclear missile carried by the US Navy's ballistic missile submarines, and includes navy blue to represent the naval uniform,...Alberti, S J M M