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The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October 1962 and brought the US and Soviet Union close to nuclear war. The Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba to counter the US's nuclear advantage. US reconnaissance flights discovered the missile sites under construction in Cuba.
The Cuban Missile Crisis 15 – 28 Oct 1962
Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the Cold War that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of a shooting war in October 1962 over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. The crisis was a defining moment in the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
The crisis began in mid-October 1962 when the United States discovered that the Soviet Union w as secretly deploying medium-range ballistic missiles into Cuba.
The document summarizes the key events of the Cuban Missile Crisis from October 14th to October 28th, 1962. It describes the initial discovery of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba by a U.S. spy plane on October 14th. It then outlines President Kennedy's meetings with advisors in the following days as more missile sites were found and ...
The document discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis from October 15-28, 1962. It describes the key events that led to the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba, including U.S.-Soviet relations and U.S.-Cuba relations.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed...
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense, thirteen-day standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The crisis had far-reaching implications for global politics, arms control, and the balance of power between the world's superpowers.
It contains resources that outline events that occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October, 1962, including an online presentation from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, images and a Smithsonian Channel video.
memorandums and estimates, briefing papers, Cuban refugee rePorts, and memorandums on Operation MONGOOSE, the clandestine program aimed at destabilizing the Castro regime.