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 | During the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was a key turning point. It was the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war and caused serious havoc across the world and a lot in the United States | |
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| Krushchev and Kennedy resolved the issue without starting a war. Some U-2 spy planes were shot down duirng the cirisis over Soviet airspace but no missiles were launched at any countries. | |
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| After the crisis, Fidel Castro refused to allow any Americans or American influences into his country of Cuba. He remained angry at the United States and was very angry about taking away the missiles from his country. | |
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