THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Cuba fired missiles toward the United States
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The Soviet navy broke through the U.S. blockade of Cuba
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The Soviet Union placed missile launching sites in Cuba
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The United States fired missiles toward Cuba
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1962 the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities. The confrontation that followed, known as the Cuban missile crisis, brought the two superpowers to the brink of war before an agreement was reached to withdraw the missiles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Supporting an ally: After the revolution, Cuba was an ally of the Soviet Union. It had seen an abortive CIA backed attack occur at the Bay of Pigs and was perceived to be at risk of future attacks from the United States. Missiles would act as a deterrent against such an attack.
Detailed explanation-4: -Moving existing nuclear weapons to locations from which they could reach American targets was one.” A second reason that Soviet missiles were deployed to Cuba was because Khrushchev wanted to bring West Berlin, controlled by the American, British and French within Communist East Germany, into the Soviet orbit.