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Cuban Missile Crisis - I: The Failed Checkmate - Extra History (Patreon)

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2018-02-15 18:00:01
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An eye for an eye, a missile for a missile--that's how the saying goes, right? So thought the Soviet Union and the United States in the early fall of 1962, kicking off a 13-day staring contest that scared the world. 

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Sponsored by DomiNations: https://smarturl.it/CubanMissile1 An eye for an eye, a missile for a missile--that's how the saying goes, right? So thought the Soviet Union and the United States in the early fall of 1962, kicking off a 13-day staring contest that scared the world. Support us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon (--More below) Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Get the outro music here! http://bit.ly/23isQfx *Music by Sean and Dean Kiner: http://bit.ly/1WdBhnm

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Martin Verran

Thank Goodness this never went 'Hot,' so to Speak, otherwise you Guys wouldn't be here to make this Video...and I'd be staring at a Blank Screen.

Pavel Yakushevich

The agricultural theme was strong with Khrushchev. The tanks(yes, tanks for Cuba - can't have a nuclear missile base without tanks) and other equipment loaded on freighters under cover of night was officially going as farm equipment. He saw corn fields in US once, and wanted to grow corn in USSR as well - the idea flopped, but earned him 'Great Cornholio' moniker years later. The agricultural reform was so bad, Churchill said once he wouldn't die from old age but from laughing too hard after USSR, that used to export bread under Stalin started importing bread under Khrushchev. When USSR rocket managed to hit one target in space, detonating some 20m(60 feet) away from the mark, he bragged about being able to hit the squirrel in the eye. Oh, and don't let me get started on housing reform. I lived for twenty years in an apartment block that was built under him; I'd rather be homeless in US than get an apartment for free from Soviet government.

Pavel Yakushevich

And please, hit me up if you ever going to make any more episodes with Slavic names. Dan's been doing good job with pronunciation so far, but there's room for improvement.

Sean Sarff

I didn’t know that we had missiles in Turkey and this whole thing was retaliatory. The US history books paint this whole event as Soviet aggression.

Jim McGeehin

The Air Force Chief of Staff, Curtis "Old Iron Pants" LeMay, was one of the most colorful figures of the time period. The architect of strategic bombing, LeMay was spoofed in Dr. Strangelove as General Ripper. Kennedy did not trust the Joint Chiefs, due to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion where Kennedy believed he was manipulated by the JCS into an ill-advised invasion who used his lack of military experience (Kennedy's military experience was limited to commanding a PT boat, he did not feel comfortable second-guessing individuals who commanded entire commands or theaters of war) against him.

Aaron Neumann
>>10169979

The most likely scenario would be something straight out of the game Cuban Missile Crisis: Aftermath. Basically, the big nations does colonization again, this time for keeps.

seerpea
>>10171945

Don't know what history books you used, in my school days the Turkey missles were mentioned along with why they. Doesn't change the perspective that it was soviet union aggression, especially when the Soviets saw themselves as being aggressive.

Marcel Haddad

I don't get it, I thought we were gonna have a Gengis Khan serie ?

Huw Rollinson

If something remotely as dangerous as this were to happen today (Estonia, folks), I doubt we have the calibre of politician to avert disaster.

Kevin Gibson

When I visited DC a few years back, the national archives had an exhibit on the cuban missile crisis, with tapes from the white house/excomm meetings. Listening to them makes you realize just how close the world came to nuclear annihilation, and makes you thankful that JFK was in charge - Robert Kennedy was pushing hard for a first strike. I definitely recommend everyone should listen to them at some point.