The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the construction of the Berlin Wall, which was a major source of Cold War tension in Europe. America and the Soviet Union were competing in the ...

Cuba and the Soviet Union were locked in a standoff with the U.S. at the height of the Cold War. Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded.

However, a revelation about the United States’ nuclear security during the Cold War has surfaced, leaving many surprised. During the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War, the U.S. reportedly ...

Amid these tensions, the world witnessed other critical events: the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded in October 1962, bringing ...

Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual ... that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict ...

The early 1980s saw a resurgence of Cold War tensions to levels not seen since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Amidst worsening relations between the West and the Soviet bloc, new nuclear weapons were ...

Minnesota is a long way from Ukraine, but the economic effects will be felt here in short order along with the risk that the conflict could expand to a world war – this time with nuclear ...