1) Bomb Cuba and the Soviet Union using nuclear missiles.

4. 1) Bomb Cuba and the Soviet Union using nuclear missiles. 2) Use an airstrike to destroy the missile base in Cuba. 3) Blockade Cuba with submarines 4) Do nothing. Decisions decisions decisions. What would you have done if you were Kennedy? Don’t forget what had happened at the Bay of Pigs.

5. 1) Bomb Cuba and the Soviet Union using nuclear missiles. 2) Use an airstrike to destroy the missile base in Cuba. 3) Blockade Cuba with submarines 4) Do nothing. A blockade stretching 3,300 kilometers was set up around Cuba using a fleet of submaribes. 156 ICBM were ready for combat. Air-force bombers were put up into the skys. Hundreds of thousands of troops were put on combat alert. The world held its breath!!!!

11. Cold war Crisis. Number 2, Cuba 1962 • Kennedy appeared to have won this war of words as the Soviets had backed down. • People began to view Kennedy as a great statesman. • People were not aware of the deal he had made to remove missiles from Turkey. This was not made public. • Khrushchev faced humiliation from people in Russia for backing down and further criticism from Mao Zedong the communist leader of China. • Khrushchev saw it as a personal victory as he knew he had saved Cuba and knew about the missiles being removed from Turkey. • Khrushchev was sacked as the leader of the Soviet Union. • Amidst the tension the world sighed in relief. • A hot line was set up between The Whitehouse and the Kremlin in Moscow. Consequences

12. Cold war Crisis. Number 2, Cuba 1962 (long term) • 1963- Partial Test Ban Both countries agree to stop testing Nuclear bombs • 1968- Nuclear Non-proliferation- countries agreed to stop developing Nuclear bombs and the spread prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. • Led to the SALT talks (strategic arms limitation talks) • Led to a period of Dentente (a thaw in the Cold War) • Relations almost improved because of the scare. Consequences

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