Question

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall were :

1. Crises that followed Vietnam War
2. Crises during the Cold War
3. Crises that led to World War
4. Crises during the post-Cold War

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Crises during the Cold War

The correct answer is Crises during the Cold War.

• The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II.
• It started in 1947 at the end of the Second World War and it was waged mainly on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and lasted until 1991.
• The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
• The crisis was unique in several ways, featuring calculations and miscalculations as well as direct and secret communications and miscommunications between the two sides.

World War I (1914–1918)	The war pitted the Central Powers (mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) against the Allies (mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States). It was defeated by the Allied Powers that formed around the Triple Entente, after which it was dissolved.
World War II (1939-1945)	The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. The formal surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, which officially ended the war in Asia. A peace treaty between Japan and the Allies was signed in 1951.
Vietnam War (1954–1975)	The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.