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Fear in America.
The Americans find out that the Cubans have Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. -
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13 Days
The Cuban Missile crisis lasted for 13 days.
Scariest days in US history. -
US President takes action.
Kennedy decides how to assess the situation. -
Negotiation Attempts
Kennedy meets with S.U. To tell him to get rid of the missisles. S.U. Denies presence of any missiles in Cuba. -
JFK Seeks Help
JFK goes to secretary of defense, Robert McNamera and others to talk about military options. -
More Missiles
Kennedy returns to Washington to discuss discovery of more missiles. -
Blockade
Kennedy issues a naval blockade asap and is approved. -
DEFCON 3
Kennedy addresses public that we are in DEFCON 3. -
Quarantine
Cuba is quarantined, Soviet missiles ready to fire, Kennedy and McNamara discuss options for confrontation. -
Tensions Rise
Soviet S reach quarantine lines, Moscow halts further movement. McNamara talks of a very dangerous situation because of Soviet advance. US in DEFCON 2, highest DEFCON rating in American history. -
Peace Attempts
Adlai Stevenson tries to communicate with Soviets, they refuse to talk. US forces closing in. -
A deal is made.
EX-COMM receives letter from Khrushchev saying that they will remove the missiles if e US stops closing in, missile site construction is continuing and accelerating. -
U2
U2 plane heads towards Russia, while another is shot down in Cuba. Khrushchev states that the US should also remove its missiles from Turkey. -
It has ended.
Radio in Moscow says crisis is over. Khrushchev removes ICBMs from Cuba. US keeps quarantine around Cuba for another month after the crisis.
