Thecircumstancesthatalmostledtodisasterbeganthreeyearspreviouslyin 1959 whenthepreviousgovernmentofCubawasoverthrownby a newMarxistCommunistPartythatbecamethefirstcountryintheWesternHemispheretoeopenlyallywiththeSovietUnion.
TheAmericansponsoredbuthalfheartedinvasionattheBayofPigsconvincedCastrothattheAmericansweregoingtotryandlaunch a fullscaleinvasionofCubaatsomepointinthefuture.
Theyincludeddoingnothing, usingdiplomacytopressuretheSovietstowithdraw, threateningCastrowithaninvasion, blockadingCubatopreventanynewmissilesfromarrivingusingairstrikestodestroytheknownmissilesitelocationsorusingthe U.
Unknowntothem, CastrohimselfwasconvincedthatAmericawasplanningoninvadingandurgedtheSovietstofire a preemptivenuclearstrikeonAmericancitiesinpreparationforit.
A SovietsubmarineflotillahadmanagedtoslippasttheblockadeofCubaundetectedsometimepreviously.
ソ連の潜水艦がキューバの封鎖をすり抜けてきたのですが、それは以前に発見されていませんでした。
ButonOctober 27th, oneofthesesubs B 59 wasdiscoveredbytheAmericans.
しかし、10月27日、そのうちの1つの潜水艦B59がアメリカ人によって発見されました。
A squadof 11 AmericandestroyersandoneaircraftcarrierpursuedtheSovietsub, anditdivedfurtherunderwaterinordertosignaltheywantedthesubmarinetoresurfaceandpositivelyidentifyitselfas a partoftheblockade, oneoftheAmericandestroyersbegandroppingpractice.
ArkhipovwasthecommanderofthewholeSovietsubmarineflotilla, andhejusthappenedtochoosebychancetobeaboard B 59.
アルキポフはソ連の潜水艦群全体の指揮官で、たまたまB59に乗っていたのを選んだのです。
Usuallythedeploymentof a nuclearweaponon a SovietsubmarineOnleyrequiredtheauthorizationofthetwomostseniorrankingcommandersonboard, thecaptainandthepoliticalofficer.
IfArkhipovmade a differentdecision, whetherhefellintopeerpressureorifhesimplychose a differentsubmarinetobepresenton, youprobablywouldn't exist, andneitherwiththeInternetorprobablyanythingelsethatyouknow.
It's believabletoassumethattheAmericanswouldhaverespondedbylaunching a nuclearstrikeoftheirownagainstCubaandmaybeeventheUSSRleadingdownthepathtoapocalypseinanearlyreallifeversionoffallout.
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