Cold War & Civil Rights Era
  • Welcome
  • Cold War Events
    • The Korean War
    • The Bay of Pigs
    • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    • The Vietnam War
    • The Space Race
    • The Fall of the Soviet Union
  • Civil Rights Events
    • Brown v. Board of Education
    • Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
    • Central High School Crisis & the "Little Rock Nine"
    • March on Washington DC
    • "I Have A Dream" Speech
    • Civil Rights Act - 1964 & 1968
    • Voting Rights Act - 1965
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The Bay of Pigs

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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 ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. Luckily, thanks to the bravery of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, war was averted.In 1962, the Soviet Union was desperately behind the United States in the arms race. Soviet missiles were only powerful enough to be launched against Europe but U.S. missiles were capable of striking the entire Soviet Union.

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