What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The Cuban
missile crisis took place during the heyday of the cold war with the Soviet Union (1962). More
specifically, under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy, Cuba and the Soviet Union
decided to put tactical missiles in Cuba to strengthen the cause of communism around the world.
I should note that these were nuclear missiles. The Soviet Union reacted in this way partially
due to the allied powers in Europe who were nuclear threats.

When the United
States found out about this, they told the Soviet Union to pull out their missiles. In fact, the
United States created a naval boycott. They did not want an Soviet ships to enter in Cuba. This
was an extremely tense situation, which almost escalated into another war. In the end, the
Soviet Union backed down and the tensions eased.