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The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 - Office of the Historian
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Cuban Missile Crisis | JFK Library
In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis - Wikipedia
16–28 October 1962 (naval quarantine of Cuba ended on 20 November) · Cuba · Conflict resolved diplomatically. Publicized removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from ...
Cuban missile crisis | History, Facts, & Significance - Britannica
The United States learned in July 1962 that the Soviet Union had begun missile shipments to Cuba. By August 29 new military construction and the ...
Cuban Missile Crisis ‑ Causes, Timeline & Significance | HISTORY
A tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from US shores.
Cuban Missile Crisis - Naval History and Heritage Command
In the fall of 1962, the Soviet Union began construction on ballistic missile launch sites in Cuba. The United States responded with a naval blockade.
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis - Air Force Historical Support Division
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 served as a pivotal moment in Cold War history. Several events precipitated the crisis.
The Cuban Missile Crises - Short History - Office of the Historian
In October 1962, the Kennedy Administration faced its most serious foreign policy crisis. President Kennedy with his cabinet during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis | National Archives
At the height of the Cold War, for two weeks in October 1962, the world teetered on the edge of thermonuclear war.
October 16, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy ...
The John F. Kennedy library and museum Cuban Missile Crisis page. Access the Kennedy Library Digital Archives, which includes 300000 scanned documents, ...
The Cuban Missile Crisis | National Air and Space Museum
A recent crisis in Berlin from 1958 to1961 and the shoot-down of an American U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960 had pushed tensions to ...
The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50 - Belfer Center
We now know, for example, that in addition to nuclear-armed ballistic missiles, the Soviet Union had deployed 100 tactical nuclear weapons to Cuba, and the ...
Forty Years Ago: The Cuban Missile Crisis | National Archives
Fall 2002, Vol. 34, No. 3 Kennedy Library Observes Fortieth Anniversary of Missile Crisis In a televised address on October 22, 1962, President Kennedy ...
Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 | National Security Archive
The Cuban Missile Crisis: How the event unfolded that nearly led to nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. BBC News World.
Cuban Missile Crisis - National Museum of the USAF
was shot down and killed over Cuba during the October 1962 crisis. He was flying a U-2 from McCoy AFB, Fla., and was brought down by a Soviet SA-2 missile.
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) - Maine.gov
In 1962 there were growing concerns that the Soviet Union was preparing to secretly supply missiles to Cuba, missiles that could deliver nuclear warheads. This ...
Cuban Missile Crisis | Wilson Center Digital Archive
Documents concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962--a major confrontation that brought the Soviet Union and the United States close to war.
The Role of the Intelligence Community in the Cuban Missile Crisis
62 on September 19, 1962. The estimate, focused on the question of Soviet military buildup in Cuba, assessed that Premier Khrushchev was unwilling to “increase ...
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: A Political Perspective After 40 Years
Documents, naval charts and other declassified records on the U.S. hunt for Soviet submarines during the most dangerous days of the crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 - Naval History and Heritage Command
In what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy and an alerted and aroused American government, armed forces, and ...