Cuban Missile Crisis (16 oct. 1962 – 29 oct. 1962)
Description:
Who: Soviet Union, Cuba and the USA
What: The Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles that would put the eastern United States within range of nuclear attack. They came to a resolution where both parties had to remove the missiles.
Where: The nuclear missile sites were being built on the island of Cuba
Why: The Soviet leader, Khrushchev, knew the USA had medium and long-range nuclear missiles aimed at the USSR from bases in Turkey, so he wanted to even the playing field.
When: October 16th to October 29th 1962
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