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Fidel Castro Gains Power
Cuban Missle Crisis Summary
Fidel Castro assumed power of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution. He lead a guerilla war against Batista, who was the former leader of Cuba. Batista was a dictator who was alligned with the U.S. He was forced into hiding after the war. Castro became the commander in Chief of Cuba and shortly after he became the Prime Minister. This alarmed the U.S. and they attempted to assasinate him however their attempts were unsuccessful. -
Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union
Cuba and Russia
After the establishment of diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union after the Cuban revolution of 1959, Cuba became increasingly dependent on Soviet markets and military aid becoming an ally of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
The U.S. terminates allignment with Cuba
Cuban Missle Crisis
Due to changes United States terminates all open allignment with Cuba. Cuba made "offensive weapons" and the U.S. demanded that the weapons be removed. When Fidel Castro didn't remove the missles, the United States terminated any open allignments with Cuba. This freed them to go to war with Cuba if necessary. -
President Kennedy pledges the U.S. will not intervene militarily to overthrow Castro
Not overthrow castro
US President John F Kennedy pledges not to intervene militarily to overthrow Cuban president Fidel Castro. He says in a press conference on this date that he would not invade with the military.Yet he did not say he wouldn't invade other ways. -
Six Ballistic Missles Are Constructed In Cuba
Cuban Missle Crisis
In the fall of 1962 Khrushchev started to secretly deploy medium and long range ballistic bombs into Cuba. These bombs would have been launched towards the United States and could have started nuclear war. The impact of this event is significant because if the bombs were launched they would have caused mass destruction and killed millions of lives. -
Kennedy organized the EX-COMM, a group of 12 important advisers to handle the crisis in 1962 the soviet was way behind the US in the arms race
Kennedy organized the EX-COMM
Kennedy was informed of the missiles at breakfast the next day. He convened his 12 most important advisors, known as EX-COMM. Most of them supported an air strike followed by an invasion. However, they weren't aware that Khrushchev had authorized Soviet field commanders in Cuba to use tactical nuclear missiles if the U.S. invaded. -
U-2 strays into Soviet airspace
u-2 Bomber
Kennedy followed his planned schedule which included campaign trips to Connecticut and the Midwest. In between trips, a U-2 flight discovered SS-5 missiles, which could reach most of the continental U.S., and Kennedy met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrie Gromyko. He told him the U.S. would not tolerate offensive weapons in Cuba. -
Cuba will remove missles if U.S. promises to never invade Cuba.
Cuban Missle Crisis
Khrushchev sends another letter to President Kennedy stating that Cuba will remove their missles from the Soviet Union if Kennedy would publicy state that the United States will never invade Cuba. This letter set Kennedy at ease because the two countries began moving towards a compromise. -
Dobrynin and Kennedy meet and discuss removing missles from Cuba
Cuban Missle Crisis
Due to a rise in threat, President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador Dobrynin about removing the nuclear missles from Cuba. They specifically talk about the price of removing the nuclear missles. Ambassador Dobrynin was an ambassador for the Soviet Union and he had special relations with the government there. -
President Kennedy informs Khrushchev that U.S. will attack Cuba if the missiles are not removed
Cuban Missle Crisis Summary
The United States threatens to attack Cuba if they do not remove the nuclear missles. A war almost broke out between the two nations and millions of lives would have been taken. If the war had happend then it would have been a horrible tragedy. Through this experiance the relations between Cuba and the United States was damaged during this time period but it has been restored over time. -
Soviets propose that the U.S take their missisles out of Turkey
Cuban Missile Crisis The Soviets proposed the idea that they wanted the United States to take their missiles out of Turkey and then they will take theirs out of Cuba. Khrushchev sent a letter to America telling them this, but the United States didn't like that idea. Even though, the missiles in Turkey were pointed towards Russia, not Cuba. Cuba was still very concerned. -
Khrushchev announces that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba
Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba Khrushchev announces that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba. Khrushchev announced over Radio Moscow that the Soviets would dismantle their nuclear missiles in Cuba. Khrushchev could have insisted that the U.S. respond to the greater demands in the second letter, but he did not. By backing down, Khrushchev ruined his career but prevented nuclear disaster.
