Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the hottest moment of the cold war because it was the closest we ever got to a nuclear war. Cuba was worried and afraid of being attacked by the United States and not being ready for it. The Soviet Union placed missiles around Cuba's borders to protect them.Fidel Castro felt the second attack was near. The Soviet Union did these missile installations very secretly, but the United States revealed these photographs of the installations and informed the president of them. Later on Cuba made a proposition to take out the missiles only if the US guarantees not to invade them. They were real close to the end, and they are trying never to get that close again.