Cuban Missile Crisis
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Updated: 24 Dec 2017
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Created byKarson Schaedel
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The Bay of Pigs invasionSummit talks in ViennaU.S. military forces go to DEFCON 3Kennedy receives a letter from KhrushchevGromyko assures Kennedy that Soviet Cuban aid has been only for the "defensive capabilities of Cuba."Congressional leaders are shown the photographic evidence of the Soviet missile Cuban installationsSoviet ships, en route to Cuba, reverse their course except for one. US Military forces go to DEFCON 2JFK sends a letter to KhrushchevKhrushchev sends a letter to Kennedy proposing to remove his missiles if he publicly announces never to invade CubaAn American U-2 is shot down over CubaKennedy sends Khrushchev a letter stating that he will make a statement that the U.S. will not invade Cuba if Khrushchev removes the missiles from CubaKhrushchev announces that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba
in return the US agrees to the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Turkey ending the Cuban Missile CrisisPeriods
Cuban Missile Crisis
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