THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
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USSR removes missiles, US doesn’t invade Cuba
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The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
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Cuba joins the US side
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JFK gets tired of fighting and just makes a treaty
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Detailed explanation-1: -But the leaders of both superpowers recognized the devastating possibility of a nuclear war and publicly agreed to a deal in which the Soviets would dismantle the weapon sites in exchange for a pledge from the United States not to invade Cuba.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eventually the two sides reached an agreement. The Soviet Union would remove the missiles from Cuba as long as the United States agreed to never invade Cuba again. In secret, the US also had to agree to remove their nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy. The crisis was over.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a result, the United States and the Soviet Union concluded a treaty limiting anti-ballistic missiles (ABM) and a provisional agreement on certain measures to limit strategic offensive weapons.