the Cuban Missile Crisis

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The Cuban Missile Crisis
it was a conflict between the U.S. the Soviet Union, and Cuba.
In 1962
After the failed bay of pigs innovation in 1961 by the Kennedy Administration.
Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev reached a secret agreement with Cuban Premier Fidel Castro to place Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba to stop any further U.S aggression.
On October 27 a spy plane piloted by Major Rudolph Andreson was shot down by a Soviet missile.
Attorney General Robert Kennedy secretly met with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin.
After negotiation, they reached the following proposal.
After the meeting had concluded, Dobrynin cabled Moscow saying time is of the essence and we shouldn’t miss the chance.
The U.S would remove its missiles from Turkey and Italy and promise to never invade Cuba, in exchange for the Soviet withdrawal from Cuba under U.N. inspection.
At 9 a.m the next day, a message arrived from Khrushchev saying that the Soviet missiles would be removed from Cuba.
The crisis was now over.
There was a slight communication error or split-second decision by a commander, could have thwarted all their efforts, as it nearly did if not for Vasil Arkhipovs courageous choice.
The Cuban Missile Crisis revealed just how fragile human politics are compared to the terrifying power they can unleash.

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