The 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Many people think that the closest the world ever came to nuclear war was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. To be sure, that was a very tenuous point in history. However, there is a good argument to be made that the closest the world has come to nuclear war actually took place in 1969. The reason most people are unaware of what happened is that it had nothing to do with the United States. It was two other nuclear powers who almost went to war. Learn more about the 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict, how it changed the course of the Cold War, and almost led to nuclear disaster on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. Newspaper.com Go to Newspapers.com to get a gift subscription for the family historian in your life! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Many people think that the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war was during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
0:05.3	And to be sure, that was a very tenuous point in history.
0:08.8	However, there's a good argument to be made that the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war actually took place in 1969.
0:16.0	The reason most people are unaware of what happened is that it had nothing to do with the United States.
0:21.0	It was two other nuclear powers who almost went to war.
0:25.1	Learn more about the 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict, how it changed the course of the Cold War
0:30.4	and almost led to a nuclear disaster on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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