History Daily | A Cold War Spy Swap & The Zimmerman Telegram

from True Life Spy Stories · host Philip Thompson

Follow the History Daily Podcast: www.historydaily.comToday is a very special episode where I have the amazing History Daily podcast feature two fascinating episodes on the True Life Spy Stories podcast.First up, The Cold War Spy Swap: February 10, 1962. At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union conduct a spy exchange.Followed by, The Zimmerman Telegram Pushes America into World War I: February 24th, 1917. The British present the Zimmermann Telegram to US President Woodrow Wilson, an intercepted message that reveals new threats against the United States and persuades the nation to enter World War I.History Daily will kindly be featuring an episode from the True Life Spy Stories podcast over on their pod the same day of this upload.

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