Cuban Missile Crisis Flashcards
1961
The U.S unsuccessfully tried to overthrow the communist Cuban government (Bay of Pigs)
How many exiles were sent to the Bay of Pigs invasion
1400 Cuban exiles
114 killed
1100 taken prisoner
The result of the Bay of Pigs invasion
Increased power for Castro
Better relations between USSR and Cuba
Gave Kennedy determination to resist communism in Latin America
End of 1961
Soviet military units were stationed on the island
USSR sends missiles to Cuba because
The U.S. had stationed missiles in Turkey and Italy
Missiles in Cuba was known as
Operation Anadyr and planning began in May 1962
By July 1962…
aircraft and fighter craft were sent to Cuba
By August 1962…
40,000 troops were deployed in Cuba
By September 11th 1962…
Soviets declare they are for defending Cuba
14th October 1962…
U2 recon mission finds long-range missiles owned by USSR
22nd October 1962…
Kennedy speaks to the American people about the Nuclear crisis. Quarantine announced against Soviet and Warsaw pact ships to Cuba
27th October 1962
U-2 spy plane shot down by Soviets
Soviet submarine hit by a depth charge. Vasili Arkhipov refuse to send torpedo to the U.S. submarine
28th October 1962
Through diplomacy Kennedy and Khrushchev negotiate to remove missiles from their stationed missile bases
