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1 Cuban Missile Crisis Rachel

2 How were the missiles discovered? 1 Why were the missiles sent to Cuba? 2 What countries were involved? 3 Describe what the outcome was.4 Who were the historical personalities involved and their roles? 5

3 How were the missiles discovered? The pilot of an American U-2 spy plane passed over Cuba on October 14, 1962, photographed a Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballistic missile being assembled for installation. CIA reference photograph of Soviet R-12 intermediate-range nuclear ballistic missile (NATO designation SS-4) in Red Square, Moscow

4 Why were the missiles sent to Cuba? Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev wanted to increase his nation’s nuclear strike capability. The Soviets had long felt uneasy about the number of nuclear weapons that were targeted at them from sites in Western Europe and Turkey.

5 Another key factor in the Soviet missile scheme was the hostile relationship between the U.S. and Cuba. The Kennedy administration had already launched one attack on the island– the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961–and Castro (president of Cuba) and Khrushchev saw the missiles as a means of stopping further U.S. aggression.

6 What countries were involved? Cuba United State Soviet Union Turkey Italy

7 Describe what the outcome was. The U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey. The nuclear-armed Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic missile. The US secretly agreed to withdraw these missiles from Italy and Turkey.

8 Both the Americans and Soviets were calmed by the Cuban Missile Crisis. The following year, a direct “hot line” communication link was installed between Washington and Moscow to help lessen similar situations, and the superpowers signed two treaties related to nuclear weapons.

9 Who were the historical personalities involved and their roles? Robert F. Kennedy U.S. Attorney General Nikita Khrushchev Chairman of Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union John Kennedy President of the U.S Curtis LeMay General in the United States Air Force Fidel Castro Cuban President

10 Thank you

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