Cuban Missile Crisis* 16/10/62-28/10/62 (oct 16, 1962 – oct 28, 1962)
Description:
Provoked by presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba (America had already placed missiles in Turkey)Potentially closest the world came to nuclear war
Resulted in:
- removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba
- removal of American missiles from Turkey
- American agreement not to invade Cuba (without direct provocation)
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Date:
oct 16, 1962
oct 28, 1962
~ 12 days