In the Cuban Missile Crisis,
A) the Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons in Cuba in 1962.
B) Turkey threatened to have the United States destroy Cuba if the Soviets attacked Turkey.
C) the United States president threatened to shoot down any Soviet planes bringing nuclear weapons to Cuba and announced a total "air blockade."
D) President Johnson sent American troops to Cuba.
E) Fidel Castro was exiled to Monte Carlo.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in 1962 when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, which led to a political standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union. This event is widely considered the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war.