The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained
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The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202658 min
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The nuclear close calls, rogue commanders, silent standoffs and split-second decisions that nearly resulted in nuclear armageddon… In this episode, Dan breaks down the edge-of-your-seat crisis that almost triggered Doomsday, and explains how individual heroism and blind luck saved humanity from extinction. Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Natasha Hughes. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can also email the podcast directly at ds.hh@hi...

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Just visit history at dot com slash subscribe. 30 seconds away from total nuclear annihilation. Our world may have got to that point on a Saturday night on the 27th of October 1962. It was around 8.50 p.m. aboard a hot dimly lit submarine. Three tired, scared, stressed men had an

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