Kennedy and Khrushchev: 10. Fallout
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Kennedy and Khrushchev: 9. Black Saturday
Soviet anti-aircraft fire takes down an American spy plane over Cuba, as the crisis spirals. The pilot is killed. With nuclear missiles almost ready for launch in Cuba, how can the two superpower leaders pull back from t...
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Kennedy and Khrushchev: 9. Black Saturday is an episode from The Bomb by BBC. Soviet anti-aircraft fire takes down an American spy plane over Cuba, as the crisis spirals. The pilot is killed. With nuclear missiles almost ready for launch in...
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Published Jan 26, 2026, 40:13 long, audio available.
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