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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War. In September 1962, the Cuban and Soviet governments began to surreptitiously build bases in Cuba for a number of medium- and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles with the ability to strike most of the continental United States. On October 14, a United States U-2 photo-reconnaissance plane captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba. The Americans feared the Soviet expansion of Stalinism, but for a Latin American country to ally openly with the USSR was regarded as unacceptable, given the Soviet-American enmity since the end of the WWII in 1945. Such an involvement would also directly defy the Monroe Doctrine, a United States policy which held that European powers should not interfere with states in the Western Hemisphere.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October 1962. When the Soviet Union secretly put nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba, it nearly started a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The missiles were discovered by routine spy-plane surveillance. The missiles were still in the process of being made launch-ready. However, President Kennedy had very little time to make a decision regarding what to do about it. His military advisers all but demanded a full-scale air strike, followed by an invasion of the island. Instead, President Kennedy order the U.S. Navy to "quarantine" the island by not allowing any Soviet ships to travel to Cuba. This, combined with diplomacy, forced Soviet Premier Kruschev's hand, and the missiles were withdrawn.
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∙ 13y ago1962 is when it began
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Who acted more responsibly in the Cuban missel crisis jfk or krushchev?
John Fritzgerald Kennedy.
The Cuban missel crisis involved what three countries?
Cuba, America, USSR, Turkey. And the world lived in fear: it was the closest we have ever come to WW3.
What century did the Cuban missile crisis?
The Cuban missile crisis started on October 16, 1962
What do the Cubans call the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The missile crisis
What was the cause of the cuban missile crisis?
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
What events is most closely associated with the Bay of Pigs incident?
Cuban missel crisis
Who acted more responsibly in the Cuban missel crisis jfk or krushchev?
John Fritzgerald Kennedy.
The Cuban missel crisis involved what three countries?
Cuba, America, USSR, Turkey. And the world lived in fear: it was the closest we have ever come to WW3.
Did people think that nuclear war was a possibility for Cuban war crisis?
Some people were so sure that war was about to break out and went into bomb shelters and such. The Cuban Missel Crisses really brought home to most of North America that war could kill every American with out any warning.
What was the central issue of the Cuban missile crisis?
The Cuban Missle Crisis was done in 1984
What century did the Cuban missile crisis?
The Cuban missile crisis started on October 16, 1962
Which was first the Cuban missile crisis or the man to walk on the moon?
The Cuban Missle Crisis was in 1962, Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969. So the Cuban Missle Crisis was first.
What was the greater threat to world peace Hungarian Revolt or Cuban Missiles crisis?
Cuban Missile crisis.
Bay of Pigs or Cuban missile crisis which was worse?
Cuban missile crisis, because it almost killed us.
What was most dramatic foreign episode president Kennedy faced?
Cuban Missle Crisis
What do the Cubans call the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The missile crisis
What was the cause of the cuban missile crisis?
Soviets were establishing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
