HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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The Korean War
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Vietnam War
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The German Conflict
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -However, disaster was avoided when the U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s (1894-1971) offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Communist revolution 1959. Castro support for communism. Bay of Pigs Disaster 1961. Castro support from USSR.