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Missile findings
U2 planes finds Soviet missiles in Cuba and Kennedy informs the nation. -
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The 13 Days
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Military moves
American military units begin moving to bases in the Southeastern U.S. another U-2 flight showed 16 to 32 missiles. -
Jfk gets a Visit From Gromyko.
Gromyko tells JFK that the missles are for just defense and not a threat for the United States. -
JFK Meets with secretary of defense
JFK meets with the Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, AND members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuss military options. -
More missles
JFK decides to deploy naval units after finding more missles -
Blockade in Cuba
JFK orders a naval blockade in Cuba to not allow anymore missles in Cuba. -
DEFCOM 3
defense readiness condition scale is a measure of the level of alertness of the nation's defense forces. JFK was in a defcom 3 in the mid stages of the missle crisis. -
Proclamation 3501
JFK Signs Proclamation 3501 which is the Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba on
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Quarantine lines
Soviet ships reach the quarantine lines and come closer and closer so the US goes into defcom 2 highest ever. -
Back to Europe
JFK drafts a letter to Khrushchev urging him to change the course of events.Soviet freighters turn and head back to Europe. -
Threats
Fidel Castro urges Russia for nuclear weapons on the US in case of the US invadeding Cuba. -
U-2 plane shot down
American U-2 plane is shot down by a Soviet and the pilot Major Rudolph Anderson is killed. -
Finally over
Moscow announces that the Soviet will remove all of the missles putting an end to one of the most dangerous 2 Weeks in US History.
