The Soviets secretly plan to move an arsenal of nuclear weapons to Cuba. It is an audacious move by Nikita Khrushchev, to protect Fidel Castro’s communist regime from an American invasion.

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Since Castro and the Soviet leader met in a New York hotel in 1960, they’ve had a personal bond.

Hosts Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of the superpower leaders, tell the story of how America plotted to overthrow Castro and how Khrushchev persuaded the Cuban leader to go along with his bold plan.

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00:00 Castro and Khrushchev: The beginning of a beautiful friendship?
07:33 Castro and the Kennedy’s
10:50 Khrushchev’s Eureka moment
14:38 Khrushchev’s plan and how he pushes it through

This is the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers of the Soviet Union and the USA prevent apocalypse? Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and US President John F Kennedy, tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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