From the desperate defense of Moscow during World War II to the terrifying days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, this episode explores one of the most dramatic periods in Soviet history. Discover how the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front, emerged as a global superpower, and entered a tense Cold War rivalry with the United States that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Learn about Joseph Stalin’s leadership after the Battle of Moscow, the Soviet victory at Stalingrad, the fall of Berlin, the beginning of the Cold War, the rise of Nikita Khrushchev, the Berlin Crisis, the Space Race, and the events that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. This episode reveals the political decisions, military strategies, and historical turning points that reshaped the 20th century.

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