Cuban Missile crisis by Maaz Hussain https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf en-us 2019-05-13 12:54:50 UTC 2023-07-17 11:19:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f37b.png maaz_hussain https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf/wish/359863715 On October 15, 1962, the Soviet Union was discovered attempting to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. These missiles would have been capable of quickly reaching the United States.

]]> 2019-05-14 12:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf/wish/359863715 In the spring of 1963 the U.S. quietly removed the missiles from Turkey, that equally threatened the Soviet Union. This crisis is regarded as the closest the world has come to a nuclear exchange. maaz_hussain https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf/wish/359864807 2019-05-14 12:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf/wish/359864807 President Kennedy responded with a naval blockade. After several days of increasing tensions, the Soviet Union finally agreed to remove the missiles. maaz_hussain https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf/wish/359866945 Primary source]]> 2019-05-14 12:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf/wish/359866945 maaz_hussain https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf/wish/359879316   Primary source]]> 2019-05-14 13:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/maaz_hussain/6h8df3xht1jf/wish/359879316