The Man Who Saved the World

Oct 23, 2012 on PBS at 10:00 PM

Summary

The Season 12 premiere tells the little-known story of Soviet submarine commander Vasili Arkhipov, who likely averted World War III when he rejected a call to launch a nuclear torpedo while trying to elude U.S. warships during the Cuban Missile Crisi... (more)s.

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