Write a brief note on Cuba …

1. On April 1961, leaders of USSR were worried that U.S would invade communist- ruled cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro the president of that small island cuba which was an ally of the Soviet union 2. Nikita Khrushchev wanted to convert cuba into a Russian base. In 1962 he placed nuclear missiles in cuba which first time put the fire in the US from the close range and he nearly doubled these weapons in the American main land. 3. After 3 weeks the Americans became aware of the nuclear weapons in cuba .they were reluctant to do anything that could harm Soviet union. 4. American president John F. Kennedy ordered to intercept any warships heading to Cuba which could be threaten to USSR. The Cuban missile crisis was a high point of what came to be known as cold war