Cuban Missile Crisis (16 окт 1962 г. – 28 окт 1962 г.)

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On 14 October 1962, an American spy plane flying over Cuba took pictures that showed the construction of Soviet missile launch sites. Experts estimated that they would be ready to fire in seven days. Meanwhile, another American spy plane discovered 20 Soviet ships carrying nuclear missiles in the Atlantic Ocean heading for Cuba.
Cuba was only 90 miles from the coast of Florida meaning that the USA, including many of its biggest cities like Washington DC and New York, would be well within range of these missiles. The lives of 80 million Americans were at stake.
Kennedy imposed a naval blockade on Cuba, which he called a ‘quarantine zone’, and which could stop further Soviet missiles coming to Cuba buying him time to negotiate with the Soviets.
22 October Kennedy imposes a naval blockade around Cuba, to stop the Soviet ships suspected of carrying nuclear missiles from reaching Cuba.
23 October Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev saying that the Soviet ships will not stop at the blockade, but will force their way through.
24 October Despite Khrushchev’s ‘tough talk', the twenty ships approaching the blockade turn back (presumably to avoid direct confrontation with the US Navy).
25 October US spy planes report increased building work at the missile launch sites on Cuba.
26 October Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev promising to remove the launch sites if the USA agrees to lift the blockade and promises not to invade Cuba.
27 October A second letter from Khrushchev says the launch sites will only be removed if the US removes its missiles in Turkey. Kennedy opts to answer only the first telegram while privately offering to consider the removal of missiles from Turkey.
28 October In a public message to President Kennedy broadcast on Moscow radio, Khrushchev agrees to the removal of all missiles on Cuba and their return to the Soviet Union.

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