Vasili Arkhipov - The Real Man Who Saved The World

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu5bG-C9iCLYOasRc6OH5OAjF0eyUs4ioHegmynk6awxTzrS1JAY7NFRHnQy4MxLAqiMkT0rhyAam-kWm07Ih_AezhAddgY73Zs_e7S__H8Y_Up5ilUdCUCjZkQsUMMeOGpr9qbq-y9Ai/s1600/22531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu5bG-C9iCLYOasRc6OH5OAjF0eyUs4ioHegmynk6awxTzrS1JAY7NFRHnQy4MxLAqiMkT0rhyAam-kWm07Ih_AezhAddgY73Zs_e7S__H8Y_Up5ilUdCUCjZkQsUMMeOGpr9qbq-y9Ai/s640/22531.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (30 January 1926–1999) was a Soviet naval officer. During the Cuban Missile Crisis he prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo and therefore a possible nuclear war. His story is to this day unknown to the wider public, although some believe that Vasili Arkhipov is the guy who saved the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rAML3piGEcZs0R7T1NFzmBQFz7DnCpAV7nhcrgtQHV02it7XBwgkDx9j-R4fCr_t5tokgt6FPYr4Ly_P7rwVM1qXGhpzljeFBCdwO1H-69HpW2dx8xA7m7BouyHPTyNGDtaXvnecTDY9/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rAML3piGEcZs0R7T1NFzmBQFz7DnCpAV7nhcrgtQHV02it7XBwgkDx9j-R4fCr_t5tokgt6FPYr4Ly_P7rwVM1qXGhpzljeFBCdwO1H-69HpW2dx8xA7m7BouyHPTyNGDtaXvnecTDY9/s400/images.jpg" width="293"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arkhipov was born in a peasant family near Moscow. He was educated in the Pacific Higher Naval School and participated in the Soviet war against Japan in August 1945 serving aboard a minesweeper. He transferred to the Caspian Higher Naval School and graduated in 1947. He served in the submarine service aboard boats in the Black Sea, Northern and Baltic Fleets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/vasili-arkhipov-real-man-who-saved.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Vasili Arkhipov - The Real Man Who Saved The World

Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (30 January 1926–1999) was a Soviet naval officer. During the Cuban Missile Crisis he prevented the launch of ...

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