00:00The world came closer to nuclear war than ever before.
00:03What happened next changed history.
00:06On October 22, 1962, US President John F. Kennedy addressed the American people with a serious
00:14warning. American intelligence had discovered Soviet nuclear missile sites being built in Cuba,
00:20just 90 miles from Florida.
00:23The discovery triggered one of the most dangerous confrontations of the Cold War.
00:28Kennedy announced a naval quarantine of Cuba to prevent further Soviet offensive weapons from
00:34reaching the island. American military forces were placed on high alert as tensions between
00:40Washington and Moscow intensified. For days, millions feared that a confrontation between
00:46the two superpowers could lead to nuclear war. Behind the scenes, urgent diplomatic messages
00:52and negotiations continued. Eventually, an agreement was reached. The Soviet Union
00:59agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba, and the immediate crisis began to ease.
01:04The Cuban Missile Crisis became a powerful reminder of how diplomacy can help prevent catastrophe.
01:10What do you think helped prevent a nuclear war in 1962?
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