Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days on the Brink of Nuclear Annihilation | ETW | Episode 08

🌟 Step back into October 1962, the thirteen harrowing days when the world stood perilously close to nuclear Armageddon. This documentary delves into the gripping story of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the ultimate Cold War confrontation between the United States (USA) under John F. Kennedy and the Soviet Union (USSR) led by Nikita Khrushchev.
Discover the critical events that precipitated the crisis: Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba, the humiliating failure of the US-backed Bay of Pigs invasion, and the audacious secret Soviet plan, Operation Anadyr, to deploy nuclear missiles just 90 miles from American shores. Gain insight into the tense, high-stakes White House deliberations of EXCOMM as President Kennedy and his advisors weighed terrifying options – from immediate air strikes and a full-scale invasion to implementing a naval 'quarantine'.
Relive the dramatic diplomatic showdown at the United Nations between Adlai Stevenson and Valerian Zorin, the escalating tension of the quarantine line, and the terrifying near-misses of 'Black Saturday,' October 27th. Learn about the U-2 spy plane shot down over Cuba, another U-2 accidentally straying into Soviet airspace, and the critical moment aboard Soviet submarine B-59 where Vasili Arkhipov prevented a potential nuclear torpedo launch. Understand the complex brinkmanship, the role of US Jupiter missiles in Turkey and Italy, and the secret backchannel negotiations between Robert Kennedy and Anatoly Dobrynin that ultimately forged a path away from catastrophe. Explore the legacy of the crisis, including the establishment of the Moscow-Washington hotline and its impact on future arms control treaties. This is the story of how humanity stared into the abyss and, through a combination of diplomacy, luck, and restraint, managed to step back.

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