Deliveries are made from the rear, but one must buy from the front. What has changed? Allegedly, the missiles are good for nothing; allegedly, they must be watched and allegedly, they are not in the talks, anymore...? Fact is that I was 12, I became 18 and I am actually recounting 59 years.

The US withdrew missiles from Turkey.

Long story short, It all happened with the Bay of Pigs fiasco to remove Castro from power by using anti-Castro refugees to stage a revolt but it failed. Later a U-2 captured photos of Soviet missiles bases in Cuba but in a larger sense. Kennedy declared a naval blockade on Cuba and pressed Khruschev to take the nukes from Cuba but He refused. Kennedy mobilized the military for a possible invasion of Cuba. He probably knew the Soviets would fire its warheads from Cuba to hit Washington, New York, And Miami, etc. Also start a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. On October 27th, Khruschev agreed to take the missiles from Cuba in secret they did it if Kennedy took the missiles from Turkey pointed at the USSR.

An escalation of the conflict could have led to a nuclear strike by either superpower.

The goal of the 1961 invasion of Cuba, known as the Bay of Pigs incident or invasion, was to oust the socialist Cuban government led by Fidel Castro. Despite being trained and assisted by U.S. military and CIA personnel, the Cuban exiles who invaded were repulsed and their takeover bid failed.

The US used a naval embargo to prevent any missiles or related material from reaching Cuba.

JFK found out that the Russians had installed missiles on Cuba. With Cuba only 90 miles from US shores he told the Russians they had to remove the missiles and they refused, so he put a naval blockade on the island. For 3 days we thought there might be a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, but the Russians backed down and removed the missiles. An interesting point to this is the Russian ships still dock in Cuba and their connections with Cuba are still strong.

The Bay of Pigs incident occurred in April of 1861 and consisted of an invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles (members of the Democratic Revolutionary Front) who had been trained, and were also supported, by American military personnel and the CIA. The defenders were Cubans standing up for the socialist state which had been established by Fidel Castro several years prior after a protracted civil war in the island-nation.

Yes you are right on both counts.

John F. Kennedy was President January 20, 1961 until his death on November 22, 1963.

The Bay of Pigs Invasion, was on April 15 1961,

The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 15, 1962 and ended on October 28, 1962,

the USSR

It was only a crisis, not a war. It's called the "Cuban Missile Crisis." Because it almost started a war with the Soviet Union; which was going to be a nuclear war. It took place as the name implies on the island of Cuba which is about 90 miles off the Southern tip of Florida.
Cuba Maybe

Routine (routine meaning part of the cold war) US Reconnaissance flights over Cuba took photographs. Routine study of the photos revealed missile sites (locations). Photos were sent up the chain of command. Intelligence affirmed they were nukes. Commander in Chief notified. Orders were issued from that point.

Navy ships blocked the delivery of Soviet missiles to Communist Cuba.

Due to Kennedy's cautious firmness with Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis, the Soviets publicly dismantled their missiles positioned on Cuba. They returned the parts to the Soviet Union, in exchange for a public US declaration that the US would never invade Cuba.

overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US learned how it was our own fears that may have caused the USSR to place missiles in Cuba. We had missiles all around Russsia, and that made them think we were going to attack. There were some important factors that we should have learned. First, we can cause our own destruction by casusing fear in others. Secondly, we should have learned not to trust our own Intel. agency. The CIA reported that none of the missiles in Cuba were armed yet. Later, we found that they were armed. Had Kennedy ordered an attack on Cuba, it could have started a nuclear war. Both of these lessions have long been forgotten. As our policy today is one of pure aggression, based on false Intel.. Hope this will help you.- Katherine k

fidel Castro

A historian might describe the tactics the United States might have used to physically destroy the missiles in Cuba.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States attempted to outdo one another in terms of weapons and technology to gain an edge over the opposing superpower. Following the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro felt insecure in his control of Cuba, asking fellow Communist ally Nikita Krushchev for aid, taking the form of nuclear arms. Though the U.S. had nuclear missiles in the Middle East placed to attack the USSR, a similar situation with the USSR controlling missiles placed to attack the U.S. from Cuba was deemed an unacceptable threat to national security. - Katherine k

The leader of the United States was President John F. Kennedy & Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev was the USSR leader.

The Cuban Missile Crisis or October Crisis as it's better known by happened in October 1962, lasting 13 days. The United States, Cuba and the Soviet Union were all in the confrontation.

For 14 days in October of 1962, the world held it's breath as the threat of nuclear war between the two most powerful nations on the planet seemed inevitable. Due to President Kennedy's negotiating tactics coupled with firm resolve and his desire to keep the peace, the resolve of the United Nations, and perhaps a great deal of luck, the threat of war was averted and the world was spared it's destruction. Though the Cold War era was littered with "near misses", what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis was, by far, the closest the United States and the former Soviet Union ever came to all-out nuclear war. In the following days, weeks, and months, it was determined that this event came about due to a lack of clear communication on the Russian side. Before the crisis, communication between the President and the Premiere was established through third party back-channels, and the results were often misleading thanks to messages passing through multiple hands (some with the power and desire to edit the content without the knowledge of Kruschev). As a remedy to this problem, President Kennedy and Premiere Kruschev agreed upon the establishment of a direct phone-line between the Oval Office and the Kremlin, so that if a similar situation began to arise again, the two heads of state could speak directly to one another and avoid the deadly consequences of "miscommunication". Hence, the "Red Phone"