Cuban Missile Crisis - The Failed Checkmate - Extra History - Part 1

📜 History of the Cuban Missile Crisis: 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. Sponsored by DomiNations: https://smarturl.it/CubanMissile1 Watch Extra History ad-free & get 1-week early access on NEBULA https://go.nebula.tv/extrahistory Suggest & Vote on our next episodes, get exclusive content & 24-hour early access on PATREON https://bit.ly/EHPatreon Show off your fandom with MERCH from our store! http://extracredits.store/ Interested in sponsoring an episode? Email us: [email protected] TWITTER: http://bit.ly/ECTweet I FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram I TIKTOK: https://bit.ly/ECtiktokz BLUESKY: https://bit.ly/ECBlueSky I TWITCH: https://bit.ly/ECtwitch GAMING:    / @extracredits   Miss an episode in our Cuban Missile Crisis Series? Part 1 -    • Cuban Missile Crisis - The Failed Checkmat...   Part 2 -    • Cuban Missile Crisis - Eyeball to Eyeball ...   Part 3 -    • Cuban Missile Crisis - Black Saturday - Ex...   Thanks for the high-quality conversations & for following our community guidelines here: https://bit.ly/ECFansRNice Artist: Lilienne Chan I Writer: Robert Rath & James Portnow I Voice: Daniel Floyd I Editor: Carrie Floyd I ♪ Extra History Theme by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 I ♪ Extra History Theme by Sean & Dean Kiner #ExtraHistory #CubanMissileCrisis #History