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Why did the Soviet Union agree to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Answer:

offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba.

Step-by-step explanation:

Following this news, many people feared the world was on the brink of nuclear war. However, disaster was avoided when the U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's (1894-1971) offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba.

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User Yiddy
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Answer:

to remove missiles from Cuba

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