The Cuban Missle Crisis

During the Cold War, their was a time where nuclear war seemed inevitable. This was called the Cuban Missile Crisis. During this time, Russia knowing their missiles would never reach the U.S, placed land-based missiles in Cuba. Cuba is only a few hundred miles away from American beaches, leaving their medium ranged missiles in perfect range to launch an attack. This was allowed by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro because this was a perfect way to protect his island from a U.S. invasion. To confront this very lethal threat, President John F. Kennedy made a deal with Russia to remove all missiles and weapons in Cuba if The U.S. guaranteed not to attack Cuba and remove missiles from Turkey, which is relatively close to Russia. This was known as the hottest part of the Cold War because this was the closest eather side came to launching an offensive move.