COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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The US refused to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba.
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Cuban revolutionaries staged a coup against Fidel Castro
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US spy planes photographed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
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Soviet spy planes photographed US nuclear missiles built in 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: -Prior to the crisis the United States had attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro and the current government of Cuba with the Bay of Pigs invasion. The invasion failed, but it served as a warning to Fidel Castro.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -As early as August 1962, the US suspected the Soviets of building missile facilities in Cuba.