Cuban Missile Crisis 1960s

Question 1

What happened when US U-2 spy planes had discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba (what did Kennedy do)?

Answer 1

He decided to set up a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent further missiles from reaching the island

Question 2

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 2

1962

Question 3

What did Kennedy do when Khrushchev sent him a letter stating that the Soviet ships will break through the blockade and that they will use nuclear weapons if the US declares war?

Answer 3

He sent a letter telling Khrushchev that if he did not turn his ships round and remove the missiles from Cuba then the USA would declare war

Question 4

What did Kennedy do when he receives another letter from Khrushchev stating that he will withdraw if he promised not to invade Cuba but
The next day another letter arrives stating that the Soviet Union will remove the missiles from Cuba if the US do the same in Turkey and again
on the same day a US spy plane is shot down over Cuba and the advisors were demanding that he declare war?

Answer 4

Kennedy in public said that he would not invade Cuba but in secret his brother Robert told Khrushchev that the missiles on Turkey would be removed then Khrushchev ordered his ships to turn around and return to the USSR and ordered the dismantling of the missile sites on Cuba