Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 · Event
Thirteen days of confrontation over Soviet missiles in Cuba, resolved by a deal: Soviet withdrawal in return for a US pledge not to invade Cuba and the secret later removal of US missiles from Turkey. Often called the closest the world came to nuclear war.
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More from Cuban Missile Crisis
- Kennedy announces the naval quarantine of Cuba (1962)
- Khrushchev announces Soviet withdrawal from Cuba (1962)
- Vasily Arkhipov blocks a nuclear torpedo launch (1962)
- American U-2 shot down over Cuba (1962)
- Kennedy learns of the Soviet missiles in Cuba (1962)
- U-2 photographs reveal Soviet missiles in Cuba (1962)
- Soviet ships stop at the quarantine line (1962)
- Robert Kennedy's secret Cuba–Turkey missile deal (1962)
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