The Cold War Conflict That Nearly Led To WW3 | Combat Machines | War Stories

At the height of the cold war, a tank standoff at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin threatened to trigger an all out nuclear war. In this documentary, we examine the machines on the ground that day the as well as the machines that were built to fight in a world ravaged by nuclear weapons.

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00:00 Introduction
02:13 Nuclear Near Miss
05:37 HH Promo
06:12 M48 Patton Tank
10:09 Checkpoint Charlie
20:44 Eisenhower's Strategy
25:15 Davy Crockett
34:17 Airgeep
37:53 BMP-1
40:32 Resolution