Why was the cuban missile crisis the most important event during the cold war?

Question

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Answer 1

The Fall of the Berlin wall was not the most important event, as someone said, it was just the end of the Cold War. However the Cuban Missile Crisis was very important because it was the closest the US had ever come to Nuclear War with Russia. I'll Point you to the Documentary THE FOG OF WAR with Robert McNamara, where he talks about the Crisis and just how close America Came to Nuclear Holocaust

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Answer 2

Because it was the closest the US and Soviet Union had come to the threat of nuclear war. Kennedy told Kruschev that any missiles fired from Cuba would be met by a full strike on the Soviet Union. The baldy backed down and closed the base in Cuba. We all breathed a sigh of relief that day.

Answer 3

It was not. The fall of the Berlin Wall was. Because it reunited Germany and opened up free trade into the Soviet Union.

Answer 4

Well, that's when it almost stopped being a cold war and turned into a hot one (like thousands of degrees nuclear war hot).

Answer 5

It wasn't. The Berlin Airlift was more important. It set the tone for the next fifty years.

Answer 6

It was the closest the US and USSR ever came to actually launching a nuclear holocaust.