The Cuban Missile Crisis: Conflict between the U.S. and Russia What happened, who caused it, and how it could have been avoided The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness and Soviet forces in Cuba were prepared to use nuclear weapons deployed on Cuban beaches to defend the island if it was invaded. However, histories opinion …showed first 75 words of 1593 total…

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