During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States attempted to outdo one another in terms of weapons and technology to gain an edge over the opposing superpower. Following the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro felt insecure in his control of Cuba, asking fellow Communist ally Nikita Krushchev for aid, taking the form of nuclear arms. Though the U.S. had nuclear missiles in the Middle East placed to attack the USSR, a similar situation with the USSR controlling missiles placed to attack the U.S. from Cuba was deemed an unacceptable threat to national security. - Katherine k
Cuba usa and Russia
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
That they will not attack cuba
The Cuban President during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which began on October 12, 1962 and lasted for 12-days, was Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, serving as Cuban President from July 17, 1959- December 2, 1976.
President John F. Kennedy was the active President during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His role was to successfully get the Soviet Union to remove their Nuclear Missiles from Cuba in 10 days as a threat to the United States of America.
Cuban missile crisis, because it almost killed us.
Cuba usa and Russia
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
John F Kennedy was the president of the US at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The US withdrew missiles from Turkey.
US, Cuba, and Soviet Union
That they will not attack cuba
The Cuban President during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which began on October 12, 1962 and lasted for 12-days, was Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, serving as Cuban President from July 17, 1959- December 2, 1976.
No... It was mainly US, Russia, and Cuba. Some minor places were West Germany, Italy, and Turkey.
The Cuban Missile Crisis almost caused a nuclear war, but fortunately neither the US nor the USSR actually wanted to fight one.
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.
President John F. Kennedy was the active President during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His role was to successfully get the Soviet Union to remove their Nuclear Missiles from Cuba in 10 days as a threat to the United States of America.