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The BombKennedy and KhrushchevEpisodes

Back up to: The Bomb

  1. 10. Fallout

    10/10Can war be averted? The Cuban Missile Crisis reaches its climax

  2. 9. Black Saturday

    9/10Soviet anti-aircraft fire brings down a spy plane over Cuba – the crisis spirals(R)

  3. 8. The logic of war

    8/10Troops in Cuba fear an attack is imminent – Castro urges Khrushchev to strike first

  4. 7. Eyeball to eyeball

    7/10President Kennedy addresses the nation and imposes a blockade on ships bound for Cuba

  5. 6. Kennedy’s move

    6/10Pressure builds on President Kennedy to order a military strike on Cuba

  6. 5. The crisis: Day one

    5/10Spy plane pictures reveal the missile build up to the Americans. How will they respond?

  7. 4. Almost caught

    4/10Soviet ships carry nuclear missiles to Cuba. But the US can’t prove it

  8. 3. Gamble

    3/10The Soviets secretly plan to move an arsenal of nuclear weapons to Cuba

  9. 2. King of bombs

    2/10Vienna talks break down, the Berlin wall rises and a huge bomb is tested over the Arctic

  10. 1. Opening moves

    1/10As the USA and Soviet Union race for supremacy, Premier Khrushchev sizes up JFK

  11. Trailer

    1/10Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers stop a global catastrophe?