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President Kennedy admitted to lack of missile gap unlike Eisenhower. He said that the US was way ahead of the Soviets in the developing missiles. This made Khrushchev (The Soviet leader) look bad. And this angers Cuba a lot especially, after our failed attempt with the Bay of Pigs. Castro starts to buddy up with the Soviets a lot more. Khrushchev doesn't want to see the US take Cuba down. So he offers to arm Castro with weapons. The US had the Soviet Union surrounded with missile sites and the Soviets wanted at least one site near the US. If they could get Cuba they would have their "one place". A U2 planes discovered installation sites being built in Cuba by the soviets. Kennedy called together the National Security Council, DOD, etc. to discuss what to do with this. We came up with three options. 1)Invade Cuba-Bay of pigs was a failure. 2) Air Strike- were afraid if we did do that ,t hey would shoot our planes3) Leave it alone. No one was really satisfied with those three option so we decided to Quarantine AKA Blockade Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis scared everyone to death; we were on the verge of nuclear war. In 1963 the US and the Soviet Union Signed a nuclear Test Ban Treaty which banned the testing of atomic weapons. A hotline was also set up between Moscow and Washington D.C.
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∙ 13y agoAfter Kennedy threatened Khrushchev with an attack, and after long hours of waiting for one to attack another. Khrushchev finally agreed to a deal made earlier in the crisis, that deal was if the soviet union gave there missile to the US then the US would give the missiles from turkey, that weren't as dangerous to Cuba. No one but the government knew about this deal so it looked like the soviet union had just given in.
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∙ 6y agoBasically, he stood firm and caused the Russians to blink first. The Russians turned round before reaching Cuba, and the ships carrying the nuclear rockets went back to Russia. So, thankfully, a nuclear conflict was avoided.
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∙ 16y agoHe was the US Commander in Chief.
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Who was the of cuba during the Cuban missile crisis?
Fidel Castro. its also called Fidels' missile crisis. Fidel Castro
Who was the communist autocrat for cuba and allowed the soviet union to place missiles in cuba causing the Cuban missile crisis?
fidel Castro
How is fidel Castro still remembered?
By almost killing us all in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Who was in power in Cuba during the crisis?
The Cuban missile crisis occurred almost four years after Fidel Castro's takeover of the country.
Who was the leader of the Cuban missile crisis?
The Cuban leader was Fidel Castro, his supporter was the Soviet Nikita Khrushchev, the American leader was John Fritzgerald Kennedy.
Who was the leader of cuba during the missile crisis?
Fidel Castro
Who were the historical personalities involved and their roles in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
* Nikita Kruchev of the USSR. * Fidel Castro of Cuba. * John and Robert Kennedy of the US.
How did Fidel Castro's 1959 overthrow of the Cuban government lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
As a communist nation, Cuba accepted military assistance from the Soviet Union (Russia). Castro accepted & allowed Soviet (Russian) missiles to be installed on Cuban soil.
Was fidel Castro removed from power after missile crisis?
No, Fidel Castro remained in control of Cuba until he stepped down in 2008
What people were in the Cuban missile crisis?
United States (President John F. Kennedy), Soviet Union (Premier Nikita Khrushchev), and Cuba (Fidel Castro)
Did Fidel start the spanish-american war?
No, but he was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who were the leaders during the cuban missile crisis?
Countries involved in the Cuban missile crisis were Cuba, USA and USSR. Their leaders were Fidel Castro of the Cuban Communist government, President John F. Kennedy of the USA, and Nikita Khrushchev of the USSR. It's important to know which leaders were involved, however, Fidel Castro views were not important. He was a minor player. Whatever Kennedy and Khrushchev decided he had to support. If not he would have lost the USSR as a "friend". And at that time, his only friend was the Soviet Union. China was not a factor.
