why did the cuban missile crisis occur
- Created by: Jay Wynter
- Created on: 24-05-13 09:22
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- why did the cuban missile crisis occur
- castro overthrew batista = US cut trade with them
- they looked towards USSR
- Bay of pigs
- less than 1500 cuban exiles supported by CIA
- hoped it would cause an uprising against castro - it didnt
- october 1962
- US spy planes saw missile bases under construction in cuba
- they were for soviet medium range ballistic missiles
- US spy planes saw missile bases under construction in cuba
- kennedy's reputation was on the line
- he used cuban exiles and 400 americans to blow up railways, shops and poison crops
- led to castro appealing to khruschev
- kennedy quarantined cuba - any sov ships entered = action would be taken
- missiles were pointed at USSR and USSR ship = soviets turned away = crisis averted for now
- he used cuban exiles and 400 americans to blow up railways, shops and poison crops
- missiles needed to be removed from cuba
- khrus agreed to remove missiles if US promised never to invade cuba
- any US had to remove missiles from Turkey
- ken. publically agreed to not invade cuba but quietly removed missiles from Turkey
- khrus agreed to remove missiles if US promised never to invade cuba
- castro overthrew batista = US cut trade with them
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