• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    9 days ago

    The nukes sent to Cuba through Operation Anadyr were because

    1. The Soviets were responding to nuclear arms the US placed in Turkey and as a response to West Germany violating the agreed upon borders and placing a NATO base in East German territory, and

    2. To prevent a full-scale invasion of Cuba that the US was preparing for.