Cuban Missile Crisis & Consequences Flashcards
Why is it a problem that Cuba is 60Km off of the coast of Florida
Cuba is communist, with kastro as their leader. Cuba has a good relationship with the USSR and has let them put missiles in Cuba
What was the Bay of Pigs?
the CIA trained Cuban exiles to go back and overthrow Kastro, it was a disaster, Kennedy withdraw support and it failed
7th of April 1961
What happened in September
Missiles arrived in Cuba
What happened on the 14th of October
America became aware of the missiles in Cuba
What happened on the 21st of October
Kennedy revealed the missiles to the American people and ordered a navel blockade on Cuba
What happened on the 22rd of October
Kennedy places America on Defcon 3
What happened on the 23rd of October
USSR ships approached Cuba carrying more missiles
What happened on the 24th of October
UN secretory general called for a compromise but both sides waited for the other to back down
America declared defcon 2
What happened on the 25th of October
A USSR ship entered the quarantine zone & was allowed to pass when it turned out is was an oil tanker
What happened on the 26th of October
Kennedy received a letter from Krushchev saying he’d remove the missiles
What happened on the 27th of October (1)
US Navy detected a Soviet sub close to Cuba and sent a depth charge down to force it to the surface. The sun thought nuclear war had began & almost launched a nuclear torpedo
What happened on the 27th of October (2)
Cuba shot down an American spy plane
USA plane drifted into soviet airspace
What happened on the 27th of October (3)
Krushchev sent a 2nd letter promising the removal of the missiles but demanded the removal of US missiles from Turkey and Italy
Kennedy agreed but the removal was kept secret
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What happened
If it increased or decreased tension
