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Secrets of the Dead

The Man Who Saved The World

Season 12, Episode 1 of 6

Explore the dramatic, little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. As politicians sought to solve the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, averting disaster.

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