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A) Because the US kept attacking Cuba without provocation (including civilian areas and buildings, like a supermarket in Havana) to the point where 100 civilians died and a further 300 were severyly injured in an explosion of a Belgian cargo ship.
B) Because the US put nuclear missiles in Turkey and pointed them at Russia (more or less about the equivalent distance from Cuba to the US). So the Soviets figured "Oh, it's okay to do that, then? Fine. Here Cuba, have some missiles."
What else can I help you with?
Why was the Soviet Union to blame during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Because the soviets were the ones to put the missiles in Cuba. Which made the U.S. put missiles in Turkey ending this crisis.
What was cuba role in the cold war?
They just allowed the Soviets to put missiles aiming towards the US and fought some small proxy wars with the US.
Who put the missiles in Cuba?
The Soviet Union.
Why did Russia put missiles in Cuba?
Russia sent missiles to Cuba because Cuba was already in a conflict where the U.S had attempted to assassinate Fidel Castro. Russia took advantage of Fidel's anger and sent the missiles to Cuba in which Cuba threatened to use them against the U.S
Where did the soviet union put missiles aimed at the us?
Cuba
What was it called when the missiles were put in cuba?
it was called the Cold War
What country did the US and soviet union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of soviet missiles?
Cuba. The reason the USSR put missiles there was to get rid of the U.S. Jupiter missiles in Turkey. Both were removed.
Who put nuclear missiles in Cuba which were aimed at the US?
Nikita Kruchev
Why did Cuba aim missiles at the US?
Russia placed missiles in Cuba during the cold war to provide counter attack if the USA. made a attack. The missiles were eventually moved out of Cuba when JFK won a debate between Fidel Castro, JFK, and Nikita Khrushchev.because the U.S. already has missiles in turkeyThe Soviet missiles were located in Cuba, because it was close enough to the Soviet enemy(US), and Fidel Castro was willing to put the missiles in his country.
What is JFKs famous accomplishment?
He put an end to the Cuban missile crisis by blockading Cuba with the USA's naval forces. This action in turn, caused the soviets to remove the missiles , which were nuclear and deployed to Cuba, and most likely targeting the eastern USA. The USA. agreed also to remove certain missiles from Turkey. This is the closest we have ever came to all out nuclear war with the USSR.
What is JFK's accomplishments?
He put an end to the Cuban missile crisis by blockading Cuba with the USA's naval forces. This action in turn, caused the soviets to remove the missiles , which were nuclear and deployed to Cuba, and most likely targeting the eastern USA. The USA. agreed also to remove certain missiles from Turkey. This is the closest we have ever came to all out nuclear war with the USSR.
Placing missiles in cuba during the Cuban missile crisis?
Krushchev the Russian leader at the time put long-range missiles in Cuba, which sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis.
