THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Question
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An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Iron Curtain
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Berlin Airlift
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Detente
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Why did the USSR put nuclear missiles on Cuba? To close the missile gap: the Soviet leader, Khrushchev, knew the USA had medium and long-range nuclear missiles aimed at the USSR from bases in Turkey, just on the USSR’s ‘doorstep’.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
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