Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev.
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Cuba, America, USSR, Turkey. And the world lived in fear: it was the closest we have ever come to WW3.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and Cuba were both communist countries, and the Soviet Union provided money and supplies to Cuba during the US trade embargo with Cuba. After the collapse of the Soviet Union all aid to Cuba was cut off. Cuba's close proximity to the United States gave the Soviet Union a foothold in the Western hemisphere at the US doorstep.
President Kennedy admitted to lack of missile gap unlike Eisenhower. He said that the US was way ahead of the Soviets in the developing missiles. This made Khrushchev (The Soviet leader) 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 had the Soviet Union surrounded with missile sites and the Soviets wanted at least one site near the US. If they could get Cuba they would have their "one place". A U2 planes 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.
The leader of the United States was President John F. Kennedy & Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev was the USSR leader.
Three words. Cuban. Missile. Crisis
The US, Russia, & Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis Korean War Invasion of Afghanistan
The berlin wall becoming unguarded and the cuban missile crisis: the cuban missile crisis threat the allies of ussr because the communits types.
Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The USA and USSR had enough missiles to destroy the world over and over. It was the closest the world has ever come to World War Three!
averted disaster by preventing world war three during the cuban missile crisis and bay of pigs fiasco
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In my view: the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba; the invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs; and the civil war in Vietnam.
A military move against the Soviets during the Cuban Missile Crisis of '62. Fight the Communists in Korea in 1950-1953. Fight the Communists in Vietnam in 1955 thru 1975.
Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crises/U-2 Spyplane
Cuba, America, USSR, Turkey. And the world lived in fear: it was the closest we have ever come to WW3.