In October of 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis took place. After the US recovered from the Bay of pigs invasion, and started work on a new operation the Soviet Union met with Fidel Castro and came to a secret agreement. An agreement that placed Soviet nuclear missiles inside of Cuba. Eventually the US started to notice the arms buildup in Cuba and gave Cuba a warning to stop the missile site construction. However the warning was disregarded and construction continued.
President Kennedy them began considering options from his closest advisors and sent a letter to the USSR stating that until the missiles were returned to the Soviet Union the US was issuing a naval blockade. The Soviet Union took the blockade as an act of aggression and sent more …show more content…
The Cuban missile Crisis was over.
Connection
The events that took place during the Cuban missile crisis had a major effect on the Cold War. It nearly turned the Cold war into a nuclear war world III. It resulted in the removal of US Jupiter missiles from Turkey. As well as a supposed need for an upgraded/modernized military for the Soviet Union which they were able to achieve in the years following the war. They saw a need for this as they felt embarrassed by the superiority of the US military. Something else that was applied shortly after the war was a hotline between the USSR and the US if a crisis like this were ever to happen again.
Historical significance
The significance of Cuban Missile Crisis is that it showed two different countries that nuclear warfare could destroy a massive part of the world. It gave way to other nation leaders of future generations to learn how they messed up and showed them that nuclear warfare is something that is very serious and very dangerous. It also showed other leaders to correct communications so that they can communicate
President Kennedy them began considering options from his closest advisors and sent a letter to the USSR stating that until the missiles were returned to the Soviet Union the US was issuing a naval blockade. The Soviet Union took the blockade as an act of aggression and sent more …show more content…
The Cuban missile Crisis was over.
Connection
The events that took place during the Cuban missile crisis had a major effect on the Cold War. It nearly turned the Cold war into a nuclear war world III. It resulted in the removal of US Jupiter missiles from Turkey. As well as a supposed need for an upgraded/modernized military for the Soviet Union which they were able to achieve in the years following the war. They saw a need for this as they felt embarrassed by the superiority of the US military. Something else that was applied shortly after the war was a hotline between the USSR and the US if a crisis like this were ever to happen again.
Historical significance
The significance of Cuban Missile Crisis is that it showed two different countries that nuclear warfare could destroy a massive part of the world. It gave way to other nation leaders of future generations to learn how they messed up and showed them that nuclear warfare is something that is very serious and very dangerous. It also showed other leaders to correct communications so that they can communicate