In 1959, Castro had toppled the pro-American government and had taken control in a revolution
How did Soviet missiles end up on Cuba?
Khrushchev had publiclyannounced that he would providearms to Cuba in Sep1961 after the Bay of Pigs incident to defend themselves from any further Americanintervention
By Jul 1962, Khrushchev had placednuclear weapons in Cuba
Why did Khrushchev place missiles in Cuba?
NATO had missiles pointing at the USSR in Turkey
The USSR had become increasingly worried about the USA'smilitary power
Khrushchev needed Cuba to remaincommunist to strengthen the Soviet Union
What was the 'Thirteen Days' timeline of 1962? (Card 1)
14th Oct: AmericanU2 spy planes took pictures of Cubanlaunch pads
16th Oct: Executive committee meeting between Kennedy and US government officials to decide what to do instead of war
22nd Oct: No attack from Kennedy but he imposes a naval blockade around Cuba to stop any more Sovietmissiles reaching it. The USA had 54 bombersready in case the USSR decided to ignore the blockade and push through
24th Oct: Soviet ships get to the blockade and turn around
What was the 'Thirteen Days' timeline of 1962? (Card 2)
26th Oct: Khrushchev sends a telegram that says he will remove everything from Cuba if the USA do not invade
27th Oct: Khrushchev says that he will remove the missiles from Cuba if Kennedyremoves the missiles in Turkey but Kennedyrefuses but he says he will notinvadeCuba
28th Oct: Khrushchev sent his agreement and Kennedy sent a secret agreement to remove the missiles from Turkey
What were the consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Hotline set up: Direct telephone hotline was set up between Washington & Moscow in June1963
Test Ban Treaty (1963): Banned testing of nuclear weapons in outerspace, the atmosphere and underwater & was signed by the USA, Britain & USSR
Outer Space Treaty (1967): Banned using space for military purposes and placing nuclear weapons in orbit & was signed by the USA and USSR
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968): An agreement to not share nucleartechnology with other countries and was signed the USA, Britain, USSR & 59 other countries