FORGOTTEN HISTORY Cuban Missile Crisis | When the world almost ended Posted: December 12, 2024 | Last updated: December 12, 2024 Nothing caught global attention and heightened tensions as did the ...

An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between Khrushchev and Castro in July 1962 and construction of a number of missile launch facilities started later that summer. Cuba was only 90 ...

On 1st January, 1959, Cuban's right-wing government led by the dictator General Batista, was overthrown. Fidel Castro took control of Cuba. Political and economic tension rose between Cuba and the ...