Velos First Impressions

Explaining History on Instagram: "Vasily Arkhipov, a Soviet naval officer, is known as “the man who saved the world” for his actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. While aboard a Soviet submarine, Arkhipov and his crew were unaware of the full scale of the crisis. Tensions rose, and the submarine was ordered to prepare for a nuclear strike. When American warships dropped depth charges to force the submarine to surface, the crew believed war had begun. They were ready to launch a nuclea