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Appropriate on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Stranglove as mentioned elsewhere here and very much in line with the plot in the fictional film "The Bedford Incident." Not mentioned in this documentary and unknown to the US at the time, the Soviets had tactical nuclear weapons in Cuba and the local command there was authorized to and, according to modern testimony of those in charge there at the time, would have used them had we invaded Cuba. So, that was another potential trigger point in addition to the one shown in this documentary. The comments by some individuals who were in the US military at that time found below this video are also interesting. We came very close to nuclear war, far closer than most knew at the time. Think of where we might be today if we had.:
Secrets of the Dead: The Man Who Saved the World
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/episodes/the-man-who-saved-the-world-watch-the-full-episode/905/
In October 1962, the world held its breath. On the edge of the Caribbean Sea, just a few miles from the Florida coast, the two great superpowers were at a stand-off. Surrounded by twelve US destroyers, which were depth-charging his submarine to drive it to the surface, Captain Vitali Grigorievitch Savitsky panicked. Unable to contact Moscow and fearing war had begun, he ordered the launch of his submarines nuclear torpedoes. As the two sides inched perilously close to nuclear warfar closer than we ever knew beforejust one man stood between Captain Savitskys order and mutually assured destruction.
Set over four hours on October 27, 1962, the tensest moments of the Cuban Missile Crisis, this program tells the powerful but forgotten story of Vasili Arkhipov and Soviet submarine B-59. With most of the action set in a claustrophobic submarine running out of air, The Man Who Saved the World combines tense drama with eyewitness accounts and expert testimony about some of the most critical events in the Cold War.
Secrets of the Dead: The Man Who Saved the World
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/episodes/the-man-who-saved-the-world-watch-the-full-episode/905/
In October 1962, the world held its breath. On the edge of the Caribbean Sea, just a few miles from the Florida coast, the two great superpowers were at a stand-off. Surrounded by twelve US destroyers, which were depth-charging his submarine to drive it to the surface, Captain Vitali Grigorievitch Savitsky panicked. Unable to contact Moscow and fearing war had begun, he ordered the launch of his submarines nuclear torpedoes. As the two sides inched perilously close to nuclear warfar closer than we ever knew beforejust one man stood between Captain Savitskys order and mutually assured destruction.
Set over four hours on October 27, 1962, the tensest moments of the Cuban Missile Crisis, this program tells the powerful but forgotten story of Vasili Arkhipov and Soviet submarine B-59. With most of the action set in a claustrophobic submarine running out of air, The Man Who Saved the World combines tense drama with eyewitness accounts and expert testimony about some of the most critical events in the Cold War.
