{"id":117,"date":"2022-10-18T05:53:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T03:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/?p=117"},"modified":"2023-10-30T06:33:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T05:33:36","slug":"60-years-ago-the-cuban-missile-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/60-years-ago-the-cuban-missile-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Years Ago : The Cuban Missile Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>60 years ago, the world was <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"here: to be very close to a dangerous situation\">on the brink<\/a> of a Third World War.   <\/p>\n\n<p>After the end of World War II,  the United States and the <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"Communist country in Europe and Asia that existed between 1917 and 1991\">Soviet Union<\/a> became enemies in what was known as the <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"time of unfriendly relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union\">Cold War<\/a>. <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"nervous feelings\">Tensions<\/a> rose between the two superpowers in many places around the world. <\/p>\n\n<p>Towards the end of the 1950s, Fidel Castro, a Communist <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"person who wants things to be completely new and different\">revolutionary<\/a>,  came to power in Cuba. He was <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"got help\">supported<\/a> by the Soviet Union. <\/p>\n\n<p>In 1961, Cubans who were against Castro tried to <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"here: take away power, bring him down\">overturn<\/a> him. <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"to give money to someone so that they can do a job\">Funded<\/a> by the  American <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"the people who rule a country\">government<\/a>, they <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"to enter a country with an army and take control\">invaded<\/a> Cuba, but were <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"lose to someone, to be beaten\">defeated<\/a> by Castro&#8217;s army.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Castro was afraid that the United States would  invade again, and in 1962, he allowed the Soviet Union to <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"set up\">install<\/a> <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"energy that is set free when you split atoms\">nuclear<\/a> <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"rockets\">missiles<\/a> on the island. <\/p>\n\n<p>In October 1962, the United States <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"got\">received<\/a> <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"facts, information that shows something is true\">proof<\/a> that Soviet rocket systems were being <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"installed\">set up<\/a> in Cuba &#8211; missiles that could easily hit the United States, only 159 km away.  The United States <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"here: to do something about a dangerous situation\">reacted<\/a> by setting up a <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"not allow ships to enter a harbour\">blockade<\/a> of Cuban <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"place where ships load and unload goods\">harbours<\/a> in an <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"try\">attempt<\/a> to stop the Soviet Union from <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"bring to a place\">delivering<\/a> missiles.    <\/p>\n\n<p>After days of talks, an <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"when two or more people or countries promise to do something\">agreement<\/a> was reached between Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. The Americans promised not to invade Cuba and, <a href=\"#\/\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" title=\"here: in exchange\">in return<\/a>, the Soviets would take down their missiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/U2_Image_of_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/U2_Image_of_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.english-tutor.at\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/U2_Image_of_Cuban_Missile_Crisis-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Image of Soviet nuclear missiles as well as trucks and tents<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:U2_Image_of_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.jpg\">CIA<\/a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>60 years ago, the world was on the brink of a Third World War. After the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became enemies in what was known as the Cold War. Tensions rose between the two superpowers in many places around the world. 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