Cuban Cold War

War, something so dangerous as we know it. We all know many wars where people have lost their lives fighting for their country or beliefs. However, here is one war that was somewhat different. The Cold War was an almost 45 year long dispute between the United States and the USSR, where these superpowers had entirely different beliefs in ideology, politics, and expansion. They both wanted to spread their beliefs, beyond their borders to gain global dominance.To prevent the spreading of the other beliefs, they threatened each other with nuclear warfare which included one of the biggest examples, the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest point in the war where the two superpowers could use their nuclear warfare in a click of a button causing detrimental damage to human kind which caused huge fear around the world. During the Bay of Pigs, the United States invaded Cuba to try and overthrow the communist leader, Fidel Castro. In that event, it led Cuba and the USSR to reach a secret agreement …show more content…
He surrounded Cuba with submarines, and sent a message to Khrushchev saying that he would not let him have offensive weapons on Cuba. Kennedy also ordered him to disassemble the missiles. They communicated back and forth in the crisis. The President finally announced to the public the situation and his plan to blockade Cuba. Gaining approval and support from the states, finally, Khrushchev responded to Kennedy’s message saying that the blockade was an “act of aggression” and the Soviet shops will still advance to Cuba. With no ending in sight, they began to say that the only way to destroy the missiles was to attack Cuba. Kennedy kept stalling not wanting that to take place. A turn of events happened when a ABC news correspondent John Scali said that he was approached by a Soviet agent saying they wanted to reach an agreement. Khrushchev sent a message