{"id":618,"date":"2026-09-07T21:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=618"},"modified":"2026-09-07T21:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:15:21","slug":"special-episode-the-cold-war-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"Special episode: The Cold War anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this special episode of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War Two, we go beyond Beyond Barbarossa and beyond the end of the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/channels\/5173732\/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">80 years ago to the day of this publication a handsome young man approached Canadian media and officials with proof that the Soviet Union was spying on its allies. 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There is no plaque commemorating Igor Gouzenko. (Photo by Scott Bury, 2025.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Igor_Gouzenko_1946.jpeg?resize=250%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Igor_Gouzenko_1946.jpeg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Igor_Gouzenko_1946.jpeg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ufeff<em>Igor Gouzenko in Canada, 1946.<br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winston Churchill, \u201cThe Sinews of Peace,\u201d speech given at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, U.S.A., 5 March 1946.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanrhetoric.com\/speeches\/winstonchurchillsinewsofpeace.htm\">https:\/\/www.americanrhetoric.com\/speeches\/winstonchurchillsinewsofpeace.htm<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.L. Granatstein and David Stafford,&nbsp;<em>Spy Wars: Espionage and Canada from Gouzenko to Glasnost.&nbsp;<\/em>Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Sawatsky,&nbsp;<em>Gouzenko: The Untold Story.&nbsp;<\/em>Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1984<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wikipedia,&nbsp;<em>Gouzenko Affair<\/em>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gouzenko_Affair\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gouzenko_Affair<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wondery Podcasts, \u201cThe Spy Who, Season 7: The Spy Who Started the Cold War\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wondery.com\/shows\/the-spy-who\/season\/7\/\">https:\/\/wondery.com\/shows\/the-spy-who\/season\/7\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this special episode of the podcast on the Eastern Front of World War Two, we go beyond Beyond Barbarossa and beyond the end of the Second World War. 80 years ago to the day of this publication a handsome young man approached Canadian media and officials with proof that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[100,50,59,31,34,48,33,30],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-season-5","tag-atomic-bomb","tag-churchill","tag-hitler","tag-second-world-war","tag-soviet-union","tag-stalin","tag-ussr","tag-world-war-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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