Timewatch · SEASON 15
Baiting the Bear
Episode 11 · 1996-10-08

- Documentary
Episode overview
From 1948-64 Curtis E LeMay and Thomas Power controlled the nuclear bombers and missiles of the USA's Strategic Air Command, the most powerful military force the world has ever seen. But it is now believed that, without the president's knowledge, they built up a huge nuclear arsenal and provoked the Kremlin. Timewatch has uncovered a secret plan that risked a Third World War in the sixties.
50 minutes
Season 15 episodes
1. Karnak - A Hidden History1996-01-14
2. Russia's Secret War1996-01-21
3. Drake's Last Voyage1996-01-28
4. Bad Boys1996-02-04
5. Voices of Victorian London1996-02-11
6. Special: Haig - The Unknown Soldier1996-07-03
7. Hannibal and Desert Storm1996-09-10
8. The History of a Mystery1996-09-17
9. Gold Rush Memories1996-09-24
10. Stalin's Foreign Slaves1996-10-01
11. Baiting the Bear1996-10-08
12. Remember Aberfan1996-10-15
13. Cry Hungary1996-10-22