Cuban Missile Crisis 1962Who was involved in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?The Cuban Crisis
started when the Soviets informed Cuba of the danger for a new attack from the
United States, eight months after the failed CIA backed invasion at Playa Girón, known as the
Bay of Pigs invasion.
The U.S.A. feared the expansion of Communism in Latin America and
prepared invasion plans where'by they announced U.S.military excercices
in the Caribbean.
shown at the Museum of the Revolution in Havana.
Cuban Missile Crisis StartedFidel Castro and the Soviet premier Khrushchev agreed to install nuclear missiles to protect Cuba. In October 1962 a U-2 spy plane from the U.S.A. detected the nuclear missile installations in Cuba.A few days later the crisis started. When on October 26th a low flying U-2 spy plane was shot down by Soviet missiles from a Cuban base, the US reacted with a naval blockade of Cuba. An incident with a Soviet nuclear submarine near Cuba, brought the world on the brink of a nuclear war. After several tense days both super powers came to an agreement. In compensation for the withdrawal of the Soviet missiles out of Cuba, the U.S. agreed on the removal of their missiles out of Turkey. Cuba was offered securities that the U.S. would not invade the island. Although Cuban leaders felt betrayed by the Soviets, the crisis strengthed the position of Fidel Castro in Cuba. Cuban Missile TimelineA group of Cuban exiles backed by the US invade Cuba. The Bay of Pigs invasion failed. Source: National Security Archive National Security ArchiveDeclassified CIA documents on the Cuba Missile Crisis
The Cuba Missile Crisis was the most dangerous moment
The Soviet Submarines of October
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