In October 1962, the U.S. Navy blockaded Cuba as Soviet ships carrying nuclear weapons approached American waters. This episode breaks down the Cuban Missile Crisis at sea — the ships involved, submarine confrontations, and the near-miss moments that almost triggered nuclear war. A detailed naval history of the thirteen days that brought the world to the edge of destruction.

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