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THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 1962 the USA discovered that the USSR had placed nuclear missiles on the island country of Cuba, 90 miles off the coast of Florida. President Kennedy ordered a naval blockade and promised to stop, search, or sink any ship bound for Cuba. Khrushchev informed Kennedy that such a blockade was illegal and that Soviet ships headed for Cuba would continue on their way and would not allow Americans to search them
A
Bay of Pigs
B
Cuban Missile Crisis
C
Start of the Cold War
D
None of the above
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: -After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this “quarantine, ” as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.

Detailed explanation-3: -The two superpowers plunged into one of their biggest Cold War confrontations after the pilot of an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Major Richard Heyser making a high-altitude pass over Cuba on October 14, 1962, photographed a Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballistic missile being assembled for installation.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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