Cuban Missile Crisis

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Cuban Missile Crisis
week-long crisis in 1962 during which the Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons in Cuba and the United States blockaded the island in retaliation


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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the military confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba when the Cold War threatened to become a nuclear war. The Russians call it the "Caribbean Crisis," while the Cubans call it the "October Crisis." Like the Berlin Blockade, it was one of the major confrontations of the Cold War.
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