Cuban Missle Crisis

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

Monroe doctrine, legal right to fight eu intervention in Americas

Proximity

Castro nationalises industry in the 60’s removing American influence

Question 2

Bay of pigs

Answer 2

Eisenhower plans the bay of the pigs invasion, castro allys with ussr

Bay of pigs ends up as a massive failure due to Kenedy

Question 3

Castros nuclear buddies

Answer 3

Castro asks for nuclear missles defend cuba stemming from operation Mongoose, Jupiter missles on Russian border so ussrs return the favour and place nuclear arms in Cuba

CIA try to kill castro 600 times but fail

Question 4

Developments U2

Answer 4

Spy plane spots nuclear silo development and Cuba is blockaded

Question 5

Monroe doctrine

Answer 5

Issues an ultimanmum of war if continued, Stop and search in Cuban waters developed

Question 6

Timeline of negotiations

Answer 6

26 October 1962, ussr offer to removem issles
27th new offer nukes out of Turks and nato first
U2 plane shot down in Cuba
Us threaten depth charges on a Nuclear submarine that surfaces
Us & Soviets come to an agreement to remove missles from Turkey and italy privately

Question 7

Consequences #1

Answer 7

Hot line created, direct coms between USSR and USA developed

Descalating tensions due to nuclear rise

Question 8

Consequences #2

Answer 8

MAD
More nuclear weapons = a safer world

Question 9

Consequences #3

Answer 9

Non plerifation treaties so that no one else can make nuclear arms

Question 10

Consequences #4

Answer 10

Depleforation - to remove arms

Question 11

Consequence #5

Answer 11

PTBT - partial test ban treaty, symbolically signifcant

Question 12

Consequence #6

Answer 12

Khrushchev lost face and sacked Brechnev in

Question 13

Number 7

Answer 13

Castro hates ussr and Mao loves this creating a new wedge in the communist world