The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. It was a standoff between which two superpowers?

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the US and USSR. The Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida. President Kennedy demanded their removal, bringing the world close to nuclear war.

China wasn’t directly involved in this crisis. NATO countries supported the US but weren’t the primary party. The UK was part of NATO but the main standoff was US-USSR.

This crisis was the closest the Cold War came to becoming hot. Diplomacy eventually resolved it peacefully.