13 DAYS TO ARMAGEDDON

At the height of the Cold War, Cuba became the fulcrum of a deadly face- off between the Soviet Union and the United States

DEFINING MOMENT CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 16 OCTOBER 1962 JFK is informed of Soviet missile bases being constructed in Cuba. Over the next week and a half the world came agonisingly close to nuclear war. In October 1962 the world almost ended. At the height of the Cold War, the United States of America and the Soviet Union found themselves in a tense standoff over Russian medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles being stockpiled in bases in the rebellious Republic of Cuba. Over a terrifying 13 days, the two superpowers came to the brink of nuclear war, with their mutually assured destruction looking alarmingly possible. To the Russia ns, this dark chapter of their history is referred to as the Caribbean Crisis. To the Cuba ns, it’s the October Crisis. But to…

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