In 1983, a war game took place in complete secrecy in Washington. For twelve days, hundreds of people played in a simulated war with the Soviet Union, based on real strategies and logistical data. Things went terribly wrong and ended in nuclear armageddon. What is the story of this game and what are its lessons for our time, in which there are only more nuclear powers?
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- Co-host:
- Michel Kerres
- Presentation:
- Mandula van den Berg
- Production:
- Lotteke Boogert
- Assembly:
- Lennart van Kasterop & Yeppe van Kesteren
- Video:
- Arno Vanhollebeke
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