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Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war as the two Super Powers stared each other down over the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Soviets.
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What was the direct result of the bay of pigs invasion in 1961?
it was seen as an embarrassment.
the US was caught deceiving the United Nations. 114 invaders died 157 Cuban soldiers were killed and 1189 invaders were taken prisoner.
Why did the US government want to remove soviet missiles in cuba?
For the same reason the USSR government wanted the US missiles in Turkey removed.
They were seen as a threat and a provocation.
Both the US and USSR got the missiles removed that they wanted removed (but the US wanted to pretend removing the missiles in Turkey had no connection to removing the missiles in Cuba for political reasons, and Khrushchev allowed this).
How did the Soviet Union get missiles into Cuba without the US finding out?
They stole them from other leading countries with U.S.S.R. spies.
Where did The Bay of Pigs invasion took place?
The Bay of Pigs invasion that President Kennedy authorized took place in Cuba.
What role did Fidel Castro play in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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.
How did the Bay of Pigs lead to the Cuban missle crisis?
Because the cuban militia and its army were prepared an already scared of a US attack. Also because the men attacking cuba were promised US air support but JFK declined the support fearing the Soviet response to the attack
What role did Canada have in the Suez Crisis?
The Cuban Missile Crisis began 22 October1962. Following intelligence reports that the USSR was installing ballistic missiles in Cuba capable of hitting US and Canadian targets, President John Kennedy announced an American naval blockade of the island, threatening further action if preparation of the sites continued. Informed of Kennedy's intentions only one-and-a-half hours in advance, the issue for the Canadian government was whether to comply with an American request to move Canadian forces to an alert status known as "Defcon 3."
With the approval of Minister of National Defence Douglas Harkness, Canadian units quietly did so, but formal authorization was delayed while Cabinet debated October 23-24. Harkness argued that the nature of the crisis, combined with existing arrangements for defence co-operation, made the alert necessary. Fearing a Canadian alert would provoke the USSR and believing the American Cuban policy to be generally unbalanced, angered by the lack of advance consultation and concerned about implications for Canadian policy on nuclear weapons, Prime Minister John DIEFENBAKER and Secretary of State for External Affairs Howard Green were reluctant to acquiesce to Kennedy. About half of Canada's ministers remained undecided, but as Soviet ships approached the quarantine zone later in the week the Harkness position gained support and on October 24 the Diefenbaker government authorized the Defcon 3 alert.
Canada's hesitant response reflected in part the desire of the prime minister and others to preserve the independence of Canadian foreign policy and to maintain a balanced posture in crisis conditions. The delay, however, was widely criticized and contributed to a growing perception of indecisiveness in the Diefenbaker government. It also exacerbated already difficult relations with the Kennedy administration and fuelled further controversy over nuclear weapons. The crisis itself ended October 27-28 when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to dismantle and remove the USSR missiles in Cuba.
Which statements best describes the outcome of the cuban missile crisis?
The Soviet Union eventually dismantled the missile sites in Cuba.
How did the us discover that the soviet union had placed surface to air missiles in cuba?
U2 Spy planes took arial photographs
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On October 29, 1956, Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president jamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70) nationalized the canal in July of that same year, initiating the Suez Crisis.
The Israelis soon were joined by French and British forces, which nearly brought the Soviet Union into the conflict, and damaged their relationships with the United States. In the end, the British, French and Israeli governments withdrew their troops in late 1956 and early 1957.
The Bay of Pigs invasion took people from Miami (former citizens of Cuba) and trained them to fight the government in Cuba. This took tax payer dollars to accomplish. They attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro who had just taken power over Cuba. The plan failed because United States military planes missed targets the day before the invasion.
Why did President Kennedy want the missile out of Cuba?
It was the height of the Cold War. There was serious mistrust between the Soviet Union and the US and many other western nations. Kennedy had military experience during WW 2, and as president he was involved in the then escalating conflict in Viet Nam. There was no way that he was going to allow the Soviets to arm a nuclear missile site in Cuba, just a few miles from US territory. He had to act decisively, and he did. He brought the crisis to an end without bloodshed. There is no doubt that he would have used force if the Soviets had pushed. We can all be very thankful that they did not.
How did the arms race contribute to the Cuban missile crisis?
The Cuban Missile crisis (in 1962) caused The Soviet Union and the U.S to come very close to a potential Nuclear war. This nuclear war would have destroyed large parts of America and the Soviet Union with an estimated 80 million casualty rate fro the U.S alone. This caused a sudden realisation fro the Leaders of the two super powers as they both could have easily pushed the big red bottom to fire a nuclear warhead at the other side resulting in not only devastation of the Soviet Union and the US but the Bordering countries to these powers. President Kennedy had previously tried to implement a treaty slowing down the arms race by banning types of nuclear tests in the later part of the 1950's. In 1963 the two leaders of the powers signed the 'limited test ban treaty' or the 'nuclear test ban treaty' with the agreement consisting of banning atmospheric, underwater and space testing's. It did not rule out underground testing but it was not to be done if there was direct contact with any living source that would be affected by it. This treaty has now lead onto other treaty's being signed but this was the start of them with the two main nuclear powers both signing it. A lot of testing were still occurring by the U.S after this point as in 1968 there were around 78 tests conducted by the U.S alone. But the manufacturing of nuclear warhead were still growing as the Soviets with figures hovering around 25,000 available from 1960-1979.
How fast does a nuclear missile goes?
Missiles travel at different speed depending on purpose . An average Tomahawk cruise missile will travel at about 550 mph- but in that case stealth and accuracy are paramount to speed. -Common anti aircraft missiles like Sidewinder travel about 2,100 mph above launch speed. The latest ASRAAM, as used by Australian and Royal Air Forces flies at about 2,800 above launch speed. Russia is reputed to have developed a ground based AAM that can fly over 10,000 mph
Why did Cuba aim missiles at the US?
Russia placed missiles in Cuba during the cold war to provide counter attack if the USA. made a attack. The missiles were eventually moved out of Cuba when JFK won a debate between Fidel Castro, JFK, and Nikita Khrushchev.
because the U.S. already has missiles in turkey
The Soviet missiles were located in Cuba, because it was close enough to the Soviet enemy(US), and Fidel Castro was willing to put the missiles in his country.
How close were we to nuclear war in the Cuban missile crisis?
It was a threat:
American people and EX-COMM wanted to remove the missiles i.e. airstrike. Would lead to USSR taking Berlin--->escalation...
Quarantine was very dangerous - could easily be seen as an act of agression - leading to war.
U2 shot down by Communists over Cuba...
It wasn't a threat:
Neither Kennedy nor Khrushchev wanted war therefore there was no airstrike.
There was a compromised peace ---> agreement (turkey=secret)
What are some results of the Cuban missile crisis?
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.
Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban missile crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Kruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
We felt it was okay because we are who we are. A global power who feels it is acceptable to do whatever we feel like in the pursuit of "freedom". The missiles in Turkey were obsolete before the Cuban Missile Crisis began and President Kennedy had directed that they be removed. However the bureaucracy had not done that, creating the opportunity for the unflattering comparison. It is a matter of perspective and point of view. The Soviets would object to missiles in western Europe or in Turkey (first generation nuclear missiles placed there in 1949) as a provocation (much like the way current Russian leadership views the placement of missile defense technology in Poland & Czech Republic). Our policies in the post-WWII period were determined by the Truman Doctrine to contain communist expansion in Europe, but the Caribbean is our back yard, governed by our interests and the Monroe Doctrine. The placement of missiles in Cuba (after a failed attempt to overthrow Castro) was a surprise move, beyond what we would expect the Soviets to do in eastern Europe.
Why was Chanak Crisis important?
The Chanack Crisis occured on September, 1922. King prime minister of Canada, told Britain that only the Canadian paliament would decide wether to send troops to Britain went to war.
