Episode 3: The Spy Who Prevented The War

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October 1962: The world holds its breath under the threat of a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. Behind the scenes, one of the greatest spies of the century plays a crucial role to help Kennedy stand up to Khrushchev. This episode of “Spies of War” reveals the remarkable achievements of Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet officer working for the CIA. Discover how he betrayed USSR to be a mole to the West and relive his incredible life until its tragic end to see how he prevented World War III.

June 6th, 1944: nearly 130,000 Allied soldiers storm Normandy's beaches, initiating the liberation of France from the Nazis. Behind the scenes of this major event of WWII, British MI-5’s double…

July 10th, 1943: The Allied troops land in Sicily and open a new breach in the Nazi empire. Two months earlier, the corpse of a British officer was discovered on a Spanish beach, carrying…

October 1962: The world holds its breath under the threat of a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. Behind the scenes, one of the greatest spies of the century plays a crucial role to help…

August 29th, 1949: four years after the U.S. drops the first atomic bomb, the Soviets drop one. No one expected it so soon. Behind the scenes of this major event of the cold war, the Soviets…