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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Americans have found out the Cuba has found missiles on the small islands. -
Kennedy's Information on the bombs
JFK was filled with the information that Cuba had been holding nuclear weapons from pictures from planes that will flying over. -
Kennedy meets with Soviet Union
President JFK advised the Soviet Union that the US will use deadly forces if they continue to aid Cuba with missiles. -
JFK meets with his advisors to discuss what actions should be taken.
JFK talks to his Secretary of Defense and discusses strategies whether or not they should start a war, but they know it could be a dangerous one. -
JFK returns to Washington to find out about some bad news
JFK is told that the Soviet Union has transported the missiles to Cuba and the launching gear is on the way. -
JFK takes action
President JFK orders a blockade to be put in place around Cuba so that they can not receive the missile launching equipment. -
JFK tells the public
JFK appears on live television to tell the public or the missiles being held in Cuba -
Letters from the enemy
JFK recieved a letter from the Soviet Union leader -
JFK takes action
The Soviet Union ships have reached the no cross line. The US and Soviet Union came very close to actually fighting. -
US secretary speaks up.
U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronts the Soviets at the U.N. but they refuse to answer. Review of the movement of ships toward the quarantine line and potential US responses -
US planes go down.
While one U-2 spy plane accidentally flies into Russia, while another is shot down over Cuba. EX-COMM receives a second letter from Khrushchev stating that, in addition to a public promise not to invade Cuba, the U.S. removes its missiles from Turkey.
