Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a major event that occurred during the Cold War, this crisis brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union close to a fierce nuclear war. This nuclear war would be between more than just the U.S. and the Soviet Union, it would put most of the world at war. The possibility of having many countries take part in this war is due to the creation of NATO and The Warsaw Pact which created alliances between many nations.The Cuban Missile Crisis began with a Nuclear Arms race in which the U.S. competed against the Soviet Union to create the strongest nuclear weapons. During the race both nations felt hardships and surpassed one another in technological advancements. During 1962, the Soviet fell very behind the U.S. and in order to stand up and defend against a nuclear war the Soviet needed Cuba. The Soviet Union set up nuclear weapons in Cuba and would launch them against the U.S. when needed. The Soviets felt that using Cuba would be a very smart thing to do, they needed to be prepared with backup in case of a nuclear attack. A few days later President John F. Kennedy found out about the Soviet's plan. Kennedy decided to surround Cuba with ships and stop the Soviets from bringing more nuclear weapons to the island. To put a stop to this crisis Kennedy came up with a proposal for the Soviet Union, Kennedy wanted the Soviet Union to remove all nuclear weapons and personnel from Cuba and in exchange the U.S. would not invade Cuba.