Cuban Missile Crisis

When? - October 14-28, 1962

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  nuclear missiles were spotted in Cuba
  
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  John F. Kennedy's advisers wanted to invade Cuba
  
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  Kennedy feared a Soviet attack → decided to place a naval blockade
  
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  October 22: Kennedy spoke to the nation on the television; demanded removal of the missiles
  
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  reaction of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was unpredictable
  

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  public: Soviet Union would remove all the missiles from Cuba; United States would not invade Cuba
  
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  secret: United States removed missiles from Turkey
  

Aftermath:

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  signs of lessening tension in 1963
  
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    “Moscow-Washington hotline”
    
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    Treaty concerning limitations of nuclear weapons
    

Sources:

Horizonte 2 – Geschichte für die Oberstufe

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