{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/657da0f3e3e20a001702e328/67a2482681e6fa80bb19e8ba?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Cold War Life & The East German Army","description":"<p><strong>CONTENT</strong></p><p><br></p><p>The guest today is&nbsp;Kim Read&nbsp;who appeared on episode #49 when we talked about training at the LRRP school in the 1980s.&nbsp;On this pod we discuss life in Germany during and after the Cold war.&nbsp;What it was like to go on exercise and some of the remarkable conversations we had with German WW2 veterans we met.&nbsp;Kim lives in Germany and tells me about former work mates who served in the East German army including a T55 tank driver, an SS21 commander and another who worked for the infamous Stasi. We also discuss how the War in Ukraine is viewed by the Germans.</p><p><br></p><p>No Desert Island Dits this week as Kim has been on the pod before.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>WHERE TO GET OUR DESERT ISLAND DITS BOOK CHOICES</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Most of our book recommendations can be bought via the Unconventional Soldier <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/UCS473\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bookshop</a>.&nbsp;10% of each purchase supports the pod and helps independent book stores on line sales.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>\"BUY ME A COFFEE\"</strong></p><p><br></p><p>If you want to support the podcast you can buy me a coffee <a href=\"https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unconsoldierpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here.</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SOCIAL MEDIA</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Instagram @the_unconventional_soldier_pod.</p><p>Facebook @lateo82.&nbsp;</p><p>Twitter @TheUCS473.</p><p>Download these and other platforms via<a href=\"https://linktr.ee/unconventionalsoldier\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Link Tree</a>.</p><p>Email us: unconventionalsoldier@gmail.com.&nbsp;</p><p>This episode brought to you in association with<a href=\"https://isarr.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> ISARR</a> a veteran owned company.</p>","author_name":"theunconventionalsoldier"}