Spies of War: How did This Soviet Officer Save the World?

In October 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. Witness the extraordinary tale of Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet officer turned CIA spy, who played a pivotal role behind the scenes. Explore how his betrayal of the USSR helped avert World War III in this episode of Get.factual's new format 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺.
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His love of humanity 🌏

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Watching this while WW3 is looming in the horizon.

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What made him betray the USSR?

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Russian oligarchy betrayed communist ideals. And he knew Americans were generally more honest. Kennedy had recently said something like , "My father taught me that businessmen are sons of bitches..." Ideals like that were floating around making the US leadership sound reasonable compared to Russian propaganda.