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Cuban Missile Crisis
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhyHow
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June 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.history.com/topics/cuban-
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Jupiter Missiles in Turkey
The US military placed missiles in Turkey pointed at the Soviet Union (1960)
Soviet Union felt extremely threatened by this
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Jupiter Missiles
Medium range missiles that could hit a target 1,500 miles away
This would take roughly 15 to 20 minutes to fuel and make ready for launch
Made by the Chrysler Corportation
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Chess Game continues
Russians devise plan to counter US actions in Turkey and Italy
Communist Cuba
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Soviets Counter
Soviets begin constructing of missile bases in Cuba with the capability of annihilating US cities
U-2 spy plane of the US flies over Cuba and takes photographs
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Soviet Missile Installations
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Fidel Castro
Approved Soviet Missile installations because the Bay of Pigs of 61’ incident could have repeated itself
Soviets were looking for a way to deter the US from attacking the Soviets
Arms Race
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Ex-Comm Group
The executive committee of JFK’s advisors
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Kennedy Inaction
Military Strike? Naval Quarantine? Invade Cuba?
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Naval Quarantine
No ships in or around Cuba
Kennedy announces the news to the public
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Result of Cuban Missile Crisis Missiles are taken out of Cuba and
secretly Turkey United States and Soviet Union
renew peace agreement US agrees not to invade Cuba Arms Race continues with the
Soviets catching up