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Why did the Soviet Union put nukes in Cuba?

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deployed to Cuba was because Khrushchev wanted to bring West Berlin, controlled by the American, British and French within Communist East
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Moving existing nuclear weapons to locations from which they could reach American targets was one. A second reason that Soviet missiles were deployed to Cuba was because Khrushchev wanted to bring West Berlin, controlled by the American, British and French within Communist East Germany, into the Soviet orbit.

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