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Cuban Missile Crisis
Karten in diesem Stapel (11)
- 1Fidel Castro overthrows Batista who trades with Soviets1959
- 2USA tries to starve Cuba out by stopping trade with them1960
- 3America breaks off relations with Cuba... ...who are pushed closer to the SovietsJanuary 1961
- 4BAY OF PIGS (JFK supports 1400 anti-Castros to overthrow him and supplies weapons from the CIA. Massacred by 20,000 pro-Castros. Oops)April 1961
- 5Khrushchev announces plans to provide Cuba with armsSeptember 1961
- 6~ Khrushchev decides to put nuclear weapons into Cuba without detection... ~ ...JFK publicly warns him not to~ May 1962
~ September 1962 - 7A USA U2 plane flies over Cuba and takes photos of missiles. Russian ships head to Cuba. (JFK can't let this happen... but destroying would start a war)14th October 1962
- 8JFK announces his blockade of Cuba... ... but Khrushchev denies missiles... ..."Other guy just blinked,"22nd October 1962
23rd October 1962
24th October 1962 - 9Khrushchev sends JFK a letter: I will remove missiles if you leave Cuba. Khrushchev sends another one: I will remove missiles if you remove ones in Turkey26th October 1962
27th October 1962 - 10U2 spy plane shot down... JFK ignores 2nd letter but accepts 1st letter. His brother visits the Soviet Ambassador offering to remove Turkey missiles 'later'.27th October 1962
- 11Khrushchev dismantles missiles. PHEW.28th October 1962
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