23 Okt 1962 Jahr - Cuban army mobilised

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• The Soviet Union and Cuba were angered at
the blockade
• Khrushchev saw the blockade as an illegal act of war
• Soviet forces in Cuba were placed on high alert and secret instructions were given to use nuclear missiles if the US forces invade Cuba
• Castro also mobilised the Cuban army and declared to die fighting
• The world was on the brink of a full-scale nuclear war

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