The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during October 1962. The crisis began when the US government deployed missiles in Italy and Turkey. As a response, the Soviet Union deployed missiles in Cuba.
After confirming the installation of missiles in Cuba by the Soviet Union, the United States executed a naval blockade that would prevent further deployment of missiles to the island. Negotiations were put into place in order to assure that the missiles deployed in Cuba would be dismantled. However, after confirmation by the US that there was still activity around the missiles, negotiations came to a stalemate on October 26, 1962. At this point, President Kennedy ordered a strike on the Soviet Union, as well as the invasion of Cuba. However, the Soviet Union responded by turning back 14 ships which were presumably transporting weapons to the island.
