October 27 1962 When a major nuclear war was averted, this is how the two superpowers retreated: Today’s day will always be remembered in history, when the world had reached the brink of a civil war, then something happened that two great powers of the world had to retreat.
On October 27, i.e. today, in the year 1962, a major nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States of America was averted. The tension of the civil war had increased a lot, the matter had reached such an extent that both countries had reached the brink of nuclear war, and the situation had become so bad that a nuclear attack could happen from both sides at any time, in history this is also known as the Cuban crisis.
Both Countries had made plans to attack each other after seeing the Cuban threat John F. Kennedy, the US president at that time had also warned the Soviet Union. The US president asked the Soviet Union to stop its activities of keeping nuclear weapons in Cuba because America had come to know that the Soviet Union was gathering nuclear weapons in Cuba.
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Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons were coming to Cuba:
At the same time, additional consignments of arms from the Soviet Union were arriving in Cuba. In such a situation, not only did the US blockade Cuba’s nose, but it was also preparing to invade if the Soviet Union did not back down. The world held its breath to see whether these two great powers would come face to face. With no clear end to the crisis in sight, the American army was placed in DEFCON 2 – which meant that a war involving strategic air force was imminent.
America had blockaded Cuba from all sides:
The US had imposed a naval blockade around Cuba. On October 24 (1962), millions around the world waited to see if a Soviet ship bound for Cuba carrying additional missiles would try to break the US naval blockade around the island. Amid the tension, on October 26, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev wrote a long letter to Kennedy offering a deal.
The Soviet Union had set two conditions for removing weapons from Cuba:
It said that the ships going to Cuba would not carry any guns if they lifted the blockade of Cuba and the United States of America vowed never to attack Cuba. They requested that we should show understanding. After this, the matter continued further and the ship of the Soviet Union finally returned on 27 October.
America’s missiles were deployed in Turkiye:
The Soviet Union had made a condition to remove the missiles from Cuba. The Soviet Union had asked America to remove the missiles from Turkey. It is said that America wanted to remove the missiles from Turkey for quite some time but at such a time when the Soviet Union was in front of them, they felt that doing so would make them appear weak. Therefore, the Soviet Union was told that first they should remove their missiles from Cuba, then America would remove its missiles from Turkey otherwise America would resort to military action.
Major Events of October 27:
- National Navy Day is also celebrated on October 27. The Navy League of the United States organized the first Navy Day in 1922.
- On October 27, 1605, Akbar, the third ruler of the Mughal Empire, died in Fatehpur Sikri.
- On October 27, 1978, Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
