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Cuban Missile Crisis! Who, what, when, where. Why?
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What? The Cold War was the closest event that the world has ever been to a nuclear war. American spy planes discovered that the Russians were secretly building nuclear weapons on Cuban soil. The USA saw this as a threat, therefore in response, They blockaded Cuba, preventing Russian ships from getting through. Meanwhile, The whole world waited for the Russians to retaliate.
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When? The Cuban missile crisis took place during the period
of the Cold War which first started in 1947 and finally Came to and end in 1991.
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Who? Russian nuclear missiles were stored in Cuba and were
threatened to be used against the United States of America.
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Where? Russian Missiles were secretly being stored on the communist
island of Cuba.
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Why? The Russians tried to threaten the USA with the building
of the nuclear missiles hoping that they would feel intimidated by this gesture.
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