Cuban Missile Crisis Flashcards
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Tuesday 16 (Day 1)
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- Kennedy informed that USSR is constructing nuclear-missiles bases in cuba
- ExComm (executive committee of the national security council) meets and decides to take out the missiles
2
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Wednesday 17 (Day 2)
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- excomm meets throughout the day
- air strike has support
3
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Thursday 18 (Day 3)
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- photos taken by U-2 spy plane shows at least 32 nuclear-missiles in Cuba, capable of striking most cities in the US
4
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Friday 19 (Day 4)
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- excomm meets throughout the day
5
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Saturday 20 (Day 5)
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- US armed forces on high alert
- kennedy decides to go with the naval blockade of cuba to prevent more missiles arriving
- the word ‘quarantine’ is used because a ‘blockade’ is an act of war
6
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Sunday 21 (Day 6)
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- ussr military in cuba on high alert
7
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Monday 22 (Day 7)
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- kennedy tells congress of the plan
- missiles in cuba made public to america by a televised speech
8
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Tuesday 23 (Day 8)
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- kennedy signs the proclamation for the quarantine to come into effect
9
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Wednesday 24 (Day 9)
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- 10am- quarantine is in effect (2 ussr ships are close)
10
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Thursday 25 (Day 10)
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- US ambassador and soviet ambassador meet during a televised session of the general assembly of the UN to talk cuba
11
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Friday 26 (Day 11)
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9pm- white house receives personal letter from Khrushchev about the with drawing of the missiles in exchange for US not invading cuba
12
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Saturday 27 (Day 12)
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10am- 2nd letter from Khrushchev demanding missiles in Turkey be removed too
7:45pm- Kennedy agrees
13
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Sunday 28 (Day 13)
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10am- Khrushchev agrees to the terms
- WW3 avoided
