Cold War Armageddon - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Rise of the Superpowers
During the four decades of the Cold War, two global superpowers face off, poised for swift and terrible action, threatening to annihilate one another, with the push of a button.
Paranoia
The stalemate between democracy and communism reaches a fever pitch as the world descends further into chaos and closer to the edge of WWIII.
Revolution
Russia seals itself behind an Iron Curtain, spawning the birth of revolutions across Eastern Europe as the bitter rivalry between capitalism and communism rages from Berlin to Havana and all the way to Outer Space.
Cold War Hot War
The stakes couldn't be higher in the 60's as the USSR places nuclear warheads in Cuba, the first US troops arrive in Vietnam, the world witnesses the moon landing.
Peace and War
By the mid 1970s, the Cold War has remained a fact of life for decades. But 30 years into the war, and the doctrine of mutually assured destruction doesn't feel like a roadmap to peace. It's an arms race, a propaganda war and at times, a deadly game.
Cold War II
By the end of the 70s, war between East and West has been raging for decades. Countless proxy wars have proven how destructive this so-called Cold War can be. It's an arms race, a propaganda battle and at times a deadly game.
Warmonger
In the early 1980s the next battlefield in the struggle between communism and democracy, emerges in the United States' own backyard. The Cold War is an arms race, a propaganda battle and at times a deadly game.
Falling Dominoes
In 1989, the USSR pulls out of Afghanistan and the last remaining proxy conflict of the Cold War ends. A new era emerges as brutal barriers are broken down. A peaceful transition is what the watching world prays for, but is by no means a sure thing.
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