The BombKennedy and KhrushchevEpisodes Available now
10. Fallout
10/10Can war be averted? The Cuban Missile Crisis reaches its climax
9. Black Saturday
9/10Soviet anti-aircraft fire brings down a spy plane over Cuba – the crisis spirals
8. The logic of war
8/10Troops in Cuba fear an attack is imminent – Castro urges Khrushchev to strike first
7. Eyeball to eyeball
7/10President Kennedy addresses the nation and imposes a blockade on ships bound for Cuba
6. Kennedy’s move
6/10Pressure builds on President Kennedy to order a military strike on Cuba
5. The crisis: Day one
5/10Spy plane pictures reveal the missile build up to the Americans. How will they respond?
4. Almost caught
4/10Soviet ships carry nuclear missiles to Cuba. But the US can’t prove it
3. Gamble
3/10The Soviets secretly plan to move an arsenal of nuclear weapons to Cuba
2. King of bombs
2/10Vienna talks break down, the Berlin wall rises and a huge bomb is tested over the Arctic
1. Opening moves
1/10As the USA and Soviet Union race for supremacy, Premier Khrushchev sizes up JFK
