Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War Netflix Original

Season 1

• E1 The Sun Came Up Tremendous 2024-03-12 · 79m During World War II, the US begins to work on a top-secret project that results in the atomic bombings on Japan — and a global conflict lasting decades.
• E2 Poisoning the Soil 2024-03-12 · 64m As communism takes off in Russia and China, Joseph Stalin begins his ruthless reign and the Soviet Union enters an era of terror.
• E3 Institutional Insanity 2024-03-12 · 67m Preparing for war against the Soviet Union, the US starts to test thermonuclear weapons. The CIA forms and interferes with global politics.
• E4 The Wall 2024-03-12 · 66m The US and Soviet Union get caught in a nuclear arms race. A wall divides Berlin. John F. Kennedy looks for a peaceful solution after a crisis in Cuba.
• E5 War Games 2024-03-12 · 67m With both sides planning for the worst-case scenario, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev find common ground. Tragedy strikes after a nuclear disaster.
• E6 Empire Is Untenable 2024-03-12 · 67m The USSR's grasp on Eastern Europe weakens as the Berlin Wall comes down and the Communist Party mounts a coup against a prominent Soviet Union leader.
• E7 The End of History 2024-03-12 · 67m A new Russian leader emerges, and the republics seek independence. As the Soviet Union dissolves, several powers sign a landmark treaty on nuclear arms.
• E8 Moscow Will Not Be Silent 2024-03-12 · 64m Russia struggles to find a national identity as Vladimir Putin comes to power. With the Cold War in the rearview, a war on terror begins.
• E9 We Are Not Dead Yet 2024-03-12 · 72m Russia invades Georgia and Ukraine, putting Putin under intense scrutiny. While disinformation thrives, threats of nuclear war persist.