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CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS
Tatjana Maksimović
• Cuban Missile War - October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de
octubre), the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский
кризис) or the Missile Scare
• a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between
the United States and the Soviet Union
• The closest moment in history to the World War III and
Nuclear War
Cold War
• during the 45-year period after World War II
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
Italy
Supported by:
Warsaw Pact
Turkey
Supported by:
NATO
Reasons
• US missiles in Italy and Turkey
• Bay of Pigs
• Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Crisis
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secretly deploying nuclear missiles to Cuba
U.S. intelligence discovered the plan 16.10.1962.
22. 10. 1962. Blockade or Quarantine?
27.10 1962. Black Saturday
Vasili Arkhipov
DEFCON 2
28. 10. 1962. Agreement was reached and announced
Results
• Withdrawal of the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles from Cuba
• Withdrawal of American nuclear missiles from Turkey
• Agreement with the Soviet Union that the United States would
never invade Cuba without direct provocation
• Creation of a nuclear hotline between the United States and
the Soviet Union
• Fidel Castro felt betrayed even though Cuba was safe
(considered dictator by USA until his death 2016)
• Nikita Khrushchev lost power and influence
• John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States,
was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard
Time (18:30 UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963,
in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas
Useful links
• http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-the-cuban-missile-crisis-matthewa-jordan#digdeeper
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/ushistory/cuban-missile-crisis
• http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis
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