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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States regarding the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The missiles were placed to protect Cuba from attacks by the United States.

The Cold War was the protracted ideological, geopolitical, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their military alliance partners. It lasted from the end of World War II until the period preceding the demise of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991.

This former US Army Security Agency Field Station is the new home of the Cold War Museum…Vint Hill, Fauquier Co., Virginia, USA. BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE COLD WAR MUSEUM! Experienced Docents or Museum Collections Specialists Please contact Executive Director Jason Hall (Jason@coldwar.org) to volunteer for docent duty or collections maintenance.