October 1962Reputable sourceWell documented

The Cuban Missile Crisis

On the timeline · around October 1962 ·

What happened

The relentless pressure — the Bay of Pigs, Operation Mongoose and the assassination plots — helped drive Castro into the arms of Moscow. In October 1962 the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Why it matters

The campaign against Castro was not cost-free: it helped provoke the most dangerous confrontation of the entire Cold War.

Sources

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 · Reputable source

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