The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world came during the Cold War to which of the following?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962. The Soviet Union had secretly placed nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba, just 90 miles from the United States. The crisis was resolved when the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for a U.S. promise not to invade Cuba and to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey. The crisis is considered the closest the world came during the Cold War to a nuclear holocaust, as the United States had prepared military action to remove the missiles, potentially leading to a full-scale war with the Soviet Union.

The Cuban Missile Crisis Was the Closest the World Came