Picture of the Day: South Korean soldiers

South Korean soldiers guarding the coastline at Taean against possible attack from North Korea take part in special drills

Picture Past: June 24, 1948, Berlin Airlift

1948: The Berlin Airlift began after Communist forces cut off the city.

Did Bowie bring down the Berlin Wall?

The British rock star spent three years in the city and may have helped stir opposition to the wall

Picture past, November 19: Cold War summit

Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan met in Geneva for their first summit

Art in pics - Cold War design

Exhibits from 'Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1970' at the V&A

Battle of the superpowers

Propoganda artwork from the Cold War collected by David Crowley