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Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis. Oct. 15-28 1962. A Quick Review. April 1961 – Bay of Pigs. 1500 CIA trained Cuban exiles land in Cuba to start a revolution Easily defeated by the Cuban army: no US troop or air support Huge embarrassment for the Kennedy Administration.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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  1. Cuban Missile Crisis Oct. 15-281962

  2. A Quick Review

  3. April 1961 – Bay of Pigs 1500 CIA trained Cuban exiles land in Cuba to start a revolution Easily defeated by the Cuban army: no US troop or air support Huge embarrassment for the Kennedy Administration

  4. November 1961 – Operation Mongoose Plan by CIA to rid Cuba of Communist Government - Interrupt Cuban trade - Raids by Cuban exiles - Attempt to assassinate Castro

  5. Since we are buddies…maybe you could help us out?

  6. How about we build some missile sites?

  7. Sounds good to me!

  8. Build nuclear missile sites in Cuba (90 miles from Florida)

  9. The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins

  10. American U-2 Spy Plane

  11. American U-2 Spy Plane • - Built as a response to the CIA’s need to spy on the U.S.S.R. • - Flies at 90,000ft, well out of range of anti-aircraft fire and other aircraft of the time • - Flies at 510mph, 200mph faster than other aircraft of the 50s • - Kodak developed special cameras to allow the U-2 to take accurate aerial photos

  12. American U-2 Spy Plane The U.S.S.R. and American public learned about the U-2 in 1960 during the so called “U-2 Crisis” Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot was shot down over the U.S.S.R. The U.S.A. claimed the plane was used for routine weather research…but when Khrushchev was able to produce not only the wreckage of the U-2, but developed spy photos and the pilot, Eisenhower admitted the true purpose of the U-2.

  13. American U-2 Spy Plane Powers was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 3 years in prison and an additional 7 years of hard labor. After 1.5 years in prison he was traded for a Soviet spy and returned to work as a test pilot for Lockheed.

  14. American U-2 Spy Plane Some Americans were angry that Powers did not activate the self destruct feature on his aircraft (which allowed the Soviets to access the photos). People were also upset that he failed to use a CIA issued suicide pin. The senate, after an investigation, decided he acted with distinction in a bad situation.

  15. American U-2 Spy Plane U-2s were being used to spy on all communist nations around the world, not just the U.S.S.R. That meant Cuba!

  16. American U-2 Spy Plane On October 15, 1962 a U-2 photographed Soviet missile sites in Cuba.

  17. U-2 Photos

  18. U-2 Photos

  19. U-2 Photos

  20. October 15th, 1962: U-2 spy plane takes pictures of missile sites being built in Cuba

  21. October 16th - 21st I really need to figure out what to do about these missiles…

  22. Analysis

  23. Analysis

  24. Analysis

  25. Working with his closest advisors, among them brother Bobby, Kennedy developed a number of different options

  26. Appeal to the U.N.

  27. October 16th - 21st We are usually really, really, slow…

  28. Appeal to the U.N. • Air strikes to destroy launch sites • Military invasion

  29. October 16th - 21st Well, air strikes or an invasion might work…

  30. October 16th - 21st Of course, then we are attacking Cuba

  31. October 16th - 21st And remember, there is nothing illegal about these missiles…you just don’t like them!

  32. October 16th - 21st Besides, it isn’t like you don’t have nuclear missiles all over Western Europe!

  33. October 16th - 21st We just want to have them there as a deterrent, we aren’t planning a first strike…

  34. October 16th - 21st Darn!

  35. October 16th - 21st I guess we can’t attack them…

  36. Appeal to the U.N. • Air strikes to destroy launch sites • Military invasion • Nuclear attack

  37. October 16th - 21st Maybe nukes…

  38. October 16th - 21st Of course… we have that whole mutually assured destruction thing…

  39. October 16th - 21st Nuke Cuba and die!

  40. October 16th - 21st Darn!

  41. Appeal to the U.N. • Air strikes to destroy launch sites • Military invasion • Nuclear attack • Naval quarantine (blockade)

  42. October 22nd As a result of the Soviet missiles on Cuba the U.S. is enacting a naval quarantine…

  43. October 22nd The blockade will be at a radius of 500 nautical miles (that is a really long way)

  44. October 22nd If any ship should violate the blockade it will be fired on and sunk…

  45. JFK announces the U.S. will use a naval blockade

  46. October 22nd We have dispatched 180 ships to stop the arrival of more nuclear weapons

  47. October 22nd 200,000 troops have assembled in South Florida should we need to invade Cuba…

  48. October 22nd And we have launched B-52 bombers with nuclear bombs… just in case

  49. October 23rd But there is nothing illegal about these missiles…you just don’t like them!

  50. October 23rd SCREW YOU U.S.A

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