Cuban Metahuman Crisis

Exacerbated by the disastrous 'Bay of Pigs' invasion in 1961, Soviet and US tensions were at an all-time high. DEO operatives from Stormwatch were present in Istanbul, on the Russian border; Russian elite troops from the Winter Guard were congregating in Cuba. Both were there to protect missile installations aimed at the heart of the other nation, with orders in hand to cross the border unless given specific orders otherwise by the White House.

Disaster was averted at the 11th hour, minutes before John F Kennedy's plan to invade Cuba and Russia was to begin. Peggy Carter burst into the White House situation room with comprehensive evidence that the entire affair was being orchestrated by members of HYDRA, at that time considered part of the Nazi remnant forces that had not surrendered. A hotline to the Soviets confirmed this information and all sides called off their troops.

This near-disaster led to the signing of the Cuba Arms Treaty of 1963.