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"Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour." Fidel Castro
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- Fidel Castro took over
- Alligned with the Soviets
- The Bay of Pigs (Failed invasion of Cuba)
- 1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba (Noticed by U2 spy planes)
- The US had 3 options:
- A conventional attack (air attack followed by invasion)
- A naval blockade
- Robert Kennedy, attorney general, convinced Security Council to go with blockade
- Ships turn around at the quarantine
- 2 Letters sent from Krushchev to Kennedy
- Brinkmanship ensues (U.N. gets involved)
- Russians pull out of Cuba in exchange for a removal of missiles in Turkey at a later date
- Directly resulted in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1962
Summary:
Due to its ties to the Soviet Union, Cuba had offered to take host to nuclear missiles and eventually silos.However the United States had eventually caught wind of this plan due to spy photos that it had received from its U2 planes. The missiles that were to be placed would be able to strike the entirety of the mainland United States leaving Hawaii and Alaska to be spared. A naval blockade was ordered by the president to prevent any more missiles to come into Cuba. Eventually the crisis was ended when the Soviets pulled out of cuba on the condition that the United States remove its missiles from Turkey.
Due to its ties to the Soviet Union, Cuba had offered to take host to nuclear missiles and eventually silos.However the United States had eventually caught wind of this plan due to spy photos that it had received from its U2 planes. The missiles that were to be placed would be able to strike the entirety of the mainland United States leaving Hawaii and Alaska to be spared. A naval blockade was ordered by the president to prevent any more missiles to come into Cuba. Eventually the crisis was ended when the Soviets pulled out of cuba on the condition that the United States remove its missiles from Turkey.