Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Missles under Construction in Cuba

    Missles under Construction in Cuba
    on October, 14 a U.S. Aircraft took pictures showing sites for Medium-Range and Intermediate-range ballistic Nuclear missiles under construction in Cuba.
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    Cuban Missile Crisis TimeLine

    in October 1962 U.S. Planes flew over cuba and saw missiles under construction just 90 miles from U.S. They later decied to build naval blockaid around cuba making it clear that we were ready to us military force to resovle this brink of nuclear war from happeing by the U.S. not invading cuba and USSR would take missiles out of cuba
  • U.S. Joint Cheifs talk with President, John F. Kennedy

    U.S. Joint Cheifs talk with President, John F. Kennedy
    They Told President Kenndy that they should End Cubas Goverment By invading cuba But Presdient Kennedy thought it was a bad idea because Russia would want to send nukes to U.S.
  • Naval Fleet Surrounds Cuba

    Naval Fleet Surrounds Cuba
    President, John F. Kennedy thought up a plan to show Cuba and Russia that they are not scared to show Military Force. so they Isolate Cuba with a Naval Fleet intead of an invsion
  • U.S. Defences whent up to Defcon 2

    U.S. Defences whent up to Defcon 2
    Khrushchev Told President Kenndy that he cannot Block there Ships and that Cuba will ignore thre Blockaid. When President Kenndy got this message U.S, Defcon whent up to 2 the highest nuclear alert in history
  • Confrentation at Sea

    Confrentation at Sea
    on October 24, when Soviet ships bound for Cuba neared the line of U.S. vessels enforcing the blockade. If the soviets were to have tried to Breach U.S. lines a Military confrentation would have started but they stopped short of the lines
  • Deals To Resolve Missile Crisis

    Deals To Resolve Missile Crisis
    on October 26, Khrushchev sent a message to Kennedy in which he offered to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for a promise by U.S. leaders not to invade Cuba. and take nukes out of Turkey