Cuban Missle Crisis

-The Cuban Missile crisis was when the world was very close to having a nuclear was. At this time the united states alert level was the highest of all time, and Cuba was also ready to use battlefield nuclear weapons in case it got invaded. There were two men who saved this war (canceled it), these two men are John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev.

John F. Kennedy organized the Ex-comm group which was a group of his twelve most important advisor's which handled the crisis. After seven days of guarded and intense debate within the upper echelons of government, Kennedy concluded to impose a naval quarantine around Cuba. He wanted to prevent the arrival of more Soviet offensive weapons on the island.

NATO and Warsaw pact

NATO-Warsaw pact
- The NATO pact also stood for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Its a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949. The NATO headquarters are in Brusells, Belgium and the organization constitutes a system of colective defense where its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

Warsaw Pact
- The Warsaw Pact was an organization of Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. The treaty was signed in Warsaw, Poland on May 14, 1955. The treaty was an initiative of the Soviet Union and was in direct response to west Germany joining the NATO in 1955.