Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded. » VIDEO PREVIEW: Leadership in a nuclear world [opens in a new window] Key players: Cuban leader Fidel Castro ...

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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 ...

A year later, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the two countries to the brink of nuclear war when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. The crisis ended with a negotiated withdrawal of ...