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The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained
Dan breaks down the edge-of-your-seat crisis that almost triggered Doomsday.
The nuclear close calls, rogue commanders 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.
All music from Epidemic Sounds/All3Media.
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