kennedy
Nikita Kruschev was the Soviet leader who had missile sites built in Cuba.
The Soviet Union
Incident in Cuba when JFK was US President. They had soviet missiles and high tensions could have resulted in WW3
the soviet union
President Kennedy set up a naval blockade to turn back Soviet ships that were carrying missiles to Cuba. The US promised not to invade Cuba and to remove nuclear missiles from Turkey and Europe in exchange for the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba. The US claimed, that it had already planned the Turkey missile bases.
the building of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba
President Kennedy set up a naval blockade to turn back Soviet ships that were carrying missiles to Cuba. The US promised not to invade Cuba and to remove nuclear missiles from Turkey and Europe in exchange for the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba. The US claimed, that it had already planned the Turkey missile bases.
John F. Kennedy Actually there were never any missiles fired during the Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK instituted a blockade to stop Soviet missiles from reaching Cuba, the Soviets backed off without a missile being fired.
US, Cuba, and Soviet Union
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban missile crisis