Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis is an event that affected the US/Soviet relations in a really negative way, almost causing these two great superpowers to go to war. The USSR  had just become Allies with Cuba because of the US deciding to invade Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. Cuba was so close to the US, so they decided to take advantage of it. The USSR sent their missiles to Cuba and gave them first strike capability which scared the US. The US took quick action on this by asking the USSR to take the missiles out of Cuba immediately because that will lead to war. People were really tense because of this and were thinking that war was inevitable. However, the Soviets and the US didn't really want to go to war so the Soviets and the US tried to reach to an agreement. The Soviets said they would take their missiles out of Cuba if the US promised not to attack Cuba. The US agreed and the USSR took their missiles out of Cuba relieving all tension. This was a significant event, but luckily, the US and the USSR didn't go to war.