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Well I would say a world event. It involved the United States, the Soveit Union and Cuba. President Kennedy admitted to lack of missile gap unlike Eisenhower. He says US is way ahead of the Soviets in the developing missiles. This makes Khrushchev look bad. And this angers Cuba a lot especially after our failed attempt with the Bay of Pigs. Castro starts to buddy up with the Soviets a lot more. Khrushchev doesn't want to see the US take Cuba down. So he offers to arm Castro with weapons. The US has the Soviet Union surrounded with missile sites and the Soviets wants at least one site near the US. If they could get Cuba they would have their "one place". If they could not get their "one place" they threatened to attack Eastern Europe so even though it was between the U.S and the S.U other vital areas were being threatened if they couldn't directly attack the U.S. A U2 plane discovered installation sites being built in Cuba by the soviets. Kennedy called together the National Security Council, DOD, etc. to discuss what to do with this. We came up with three options. 1)Invade Cuba-Bay of pigs was a failure. 2) Air Strike- were afraid if we did do that ,t hey would shoot our planes3) Leave it alone. No one was really satisfied with those three option so we decided to Quarantine AKA Blockade Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis scared everyone to death; we were on the verge of nuclear war. In 1963 the US and the Soviet Union Signed a nuclear Test Ban Treaty which banned the testing of atomic weapons. A hotline was also set up between Moscow and Washington D.C.
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What event in the 1960 brought the world close to nuclear war?
the battle of Britain
Why didn't the Cuban missile crisis end in world war 3?
There was no world war 3
Which event occourred between the two world wars the Great Depression the Cuban missile crisis the communist revolution in Russia or the french revolution?
the Great Depression
What event almost caused world war 3?
http://50thingstonotknow.blogspot.com/2006/12/world-war-iii-almost-started-in-1995.html
How the Cuban missile crisis affected us?
the Cuban missile crisis affected us by the penis accidentaly getting out of control and producing to much for America to handle...this was almost as big of a tragedy as world war 2.
What event was the closest the world had ever been to a second nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
What was the event that is believed to bring the world most closley to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis is the event that brought the world closest to a nuclear fallout.
What was the greater threat to world peace Hungarian Revolt or Cuban Missiles crisis?
Cuban Missile crisis.
What event in the 1960 brought the world close to nuclear war?
the battle of Britain
What event was Khrushchev speaking of when he said the world had come close to destroying the human race?
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962
What was an event that occurred during kennedys administration that was a carry over of world war 2 and symbolic of the cold war was?
The Cuban missile crisis.
Why didn't the Cuban missile crisis end in world war 3?
There was no world war 3
Which event occourred between the two world wars the Great Depression the Cuban missile crisis the communist revolution in Russia or the french revolution?
the Great Depression
What event almost caused world war 3?
http://50thingstonotknow.blogspot.com/2006/12/world-war-iii-almost-started-in-1995.html
How the Cuban missile crisis affected us?
the Cuban missile crisis affected us by the penis accidentaly getting out of control and producing to much for America to handle...this was almost as big of a tragedy as world war 2.
What event in the 1960s brought the world into nuclear war?
A nuclear war never happened. You may be thinking of the Cuban Missile Crisis when the world came very close to nuclear war.
What impact did the Cuban missile crisis have?
It raised respect for the US in the eyes of the world. And lowered it for the Soviets.
