The Man Who Saved The World

And he's hardly remembered for it.

The orders to shoot came directly from the high command of the politburo, War Department section, codes 456 B, 762 M, 5600 A, and 384 WW. 

The captain asked for confirmation and surfaced the sub immediately. No ships were around. Then he contacted the destroyer, which was his sidekick escort. He asked Mikael, its captain, whether he had received any mess…