Tag: Soviet Union

“Never again shall we tolerate subjection to the like of this.”* The Hungarian Parliament decided in 2000 that 25 February in each year will be dedicated to remember the victims of communism based on. This is a very sensitive issue in Hungary, and I imagine all of the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe, since it was something that was un-talked about for long decades of the socialist era. Generations grew up learning from textbooks that were intentionally falsifying history, describing the socialist regime as liberators and heroes who saved our country. When after World War II the world could…

todaysdocument: U-2 cover story Dated May 2, 1960, this cover story was drafted to conceal the actual mission of the U-2 spy plane which was shot down over Soviet air space on May 1, 1960.  Much of the U-2’s wreckage was recovered by the Soviets, and its pilot, Captain Francis Gary Powers, captured alive, even though President Eisenhower was told that the U-2 spy plane had a self-destruct mechanism that would prevent them from discovering its true purpose.  More on the U-2 Incident via the Eisenhower Presidential Library »