THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Question
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Cuba allowed nuclear bases to be set up by the Soviet Union
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The United States created a Naval Blockade around Cuba
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Ended in an alliance between the US and Cuba
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It was a 13 day stand-off and closest we came to nuclear war
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Detailed explanation-1: -President John F. Kennedy demanded that all nuclear missiles be removed from Cuba and blockaded the island to prevent further deliveries of nuclear warheads. During the thirteen-day standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many nuclear historians agree that 27 October 1962, known as “Black Saturday”, was the closest the world came to nuclear catastrophe, as US forces enforced a blockade of Cuba to stop deliveries of Soviet missiles.
Detailed explanation-3: -For thirteen days in October 1962 the world waited-seemingly on the brink of nuclear war-and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis. In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Soviets announced they would remove their missiles from Cuba on Oct. 28, ending the standoff. A letter to Kennedy from Khrushchev detailed the agreement that the missiles would be removed from Cuba in exchange for a US promise not to invade.