Cuban Missile Crisis Dates Flashcards
Learn the key dates
When was Batista’s reign over Cuba (start to end)
1939-1959 (20 years)
When did Fidel Castro return to Cuba after he’d been exiled by Batista?
1956
When did Castro defeat Batista and declare a new Cuba?
JANUARY 1959
When did Kennedy take office?
(JANUARY) 1961
When was the bay of pigs invasion?
17(-19) APRIL 1961
When was the first time the soviets armed Cuba with nuclear missiles and when did The US/Kennedy find out about this?
The first nuclear weapons were armed in Cuba in the SUMMER of 1962. It was not until 14 OCTOBER 1962 that the US realized
When was the Cuban blockade (after America found out about the bombs)
21 OCTOBER 1962
When was America placed in DEFCON 3
21 OCTOBER 1962
what happened on 23 OCTOBER 1962
Soviet ships approached Cuba. This was a game of brinkmanship.
what happened on 24 OCTOBER 1962
UN secretary, U Thant, called for a compromise but both ships waited for each other to stand down.
what happened on 25 OCTOBER 1962
(7:15 AM) A soviet ship entered the quarantine zone. however, it was allowed to pass as it’s an oil tanker.
what happened on 26 OCTOBER 1962
Kennedy assembled 120 000 US troops in Florida to Cuba, however, Krushchev sent a letter saying he’d remove the missiles.
what happened on 27 OCTOBER 1962
US navy detected a Soviet submarine in Cuba. They sent depth charges. Believing the war had started and had no connection to the outside world; the 3 captains almost sent the nuclear torpedos (but only 1 chose to not send them).
Cubans also shot down a soviet spy plane.
Krushchev agreed to remove his missiles but Kennedy the Turkish and Italian missiles as well.
when did Krushchev send the letter to Kennedy to remove the Cuban missiles but also the US’ Italian and Turkish missiles (in secret)
27 OCTOBER 1962
When did the US navy discover the Soviet submarine, which almost sent the Nuclear torpedos
27 OCTOBER 1962
