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5/23/13 3:00 AM
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5/23/13 9:00 AM
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5/23/13 3:00 PM
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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 Crisis.

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