After the Bay of Pigs, Cuba needed protection and turned to the USSR. The USSR agreed to place nuclear missiles in Cuba and buy Cuba's sugar which America stopped buying due to the trade embargo. It wanted to place missiles in Cuba as it was only 90 miles away from American soil and the USA had missiles around 90 miles away in Turkey aimed at the USSR.
The Soviet Union
Answer this question… Cuba's communist leaders demanded Soviet military support after U.S.-trained soldiers had invaded Cuba.
Answer this question… Cuba's communist leaders demanded Soviet military support after U.S.-trained soldiers had invaded Cuba.
Yes they did. The US had missles pointing at the USSR, the USSR had missles pointing at the US, and everybody else didn't know what too do.
The Soviet Union decided to place nuclear missiles in Cuba primarily to counter the strategic advantage the United States held in its deployment of missiles in Turkey and other locations close to the Soviet border. Additionally, placing missiles in Cuba aimed to protect the Cuban regime from potential U.S. invasion, especially after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. This move was also intended to project Soviet power and deter U.S. aggression in Latin America. Ultimately, it was a strategic gamble that escalated Cold War tensions, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The Soviet Union
To limit the production of nuclear missiles.
Cuba
To limit the production of nuclear missiles.
To limit the production of nuclear missiles.
Answer this question… Cuba's communist leaders demanded Soviet military support after U.S.-trained soldiers had invaded Cuba.
Answer this question… Cuba's communist leaders demanded Soviet military support after U.S.-trained soldiers had invaded Cuba.
The Soviet Union
Yes they did. The US had missles pointing at the USSR, the USSR had missles pointing at the US, and everybody else didn't know what too do.
The Soviet Union.
To understand that we need to understand the Cold War as much as it can be understood.The USA and its Allies Against The Soviet Union and its Allies like Cuba.The whole Cold War was based on the idea of a deterrent called "Mutually Assured Destruction" With the entirely appropriate acronym of "MAD".The USA had used their influence and Allies to place Medium and Short Range Nuclear Missiles in Europe targeting the Soviet Block Countries.The Soviet Union had no equivalent Deterrent targeting Mainland USA.Cuba wanted to be supportive of their Friends in Communist Soviet Union and as they were very unhappy with the USA and the embargo that had harmed their Economy.So these factors lead to the placement of Soviet medium range Missiles in Cuba and the Cuban Missile crises .