This was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 . The Soviets were shipping large missiles to Cuba,and the US objected to this.
US, Cuba, and Soviet Union
Cuban missile crisis
cuban missile crisis
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Because the Soviets offered economic and military aid to Cuba
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
The Cuban missile crisis started on October 16, 1962
President Kennedy is credited with resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.President John F. Kennedy
Cuban missile crisis, because it almost killed us.
The missile crisis
An escalation of the conflict could have led to a nuclear strike by either superpower.
1962