How a single man prevented a global nuclear winter in 1962
In short: In 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union reached a breaking point. This video examines the high-stakes tension of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the moment the world narrowly avoided mutual destruction.
During the Cold War, the failure of the Bay of Pigs in 1961 escalated tensions between superpowers. This led directly to the Cuban Missile Crisis, a period where the risk of a nuclear winter and total devastation became a terrifyingly real possibility for the entire planet.
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