Cuban Missile Strikes

Question 1

First point

Answer 1

This was a 13 day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union

Question 2

Second point

Answer 2

In 1962 the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities.

Question 3

Third point

Answer 3

American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in Cuba

Question 4

Fourth point

Answer 4

The two sides stood on the brink of nuclear war, but Khrushchev capitulated six days later and the missiles were dismantled.