Cuban Missile Crisis:
- Closest the world has ever gotten to nuclear war
- Soviets had nuclear weapons in Cuba and was on the edge of using their nuclear weapons
- This was to protect Cuba from US invasion
- All started because the US and Soviet Union were in the Cold War
- Cuba, on the other hand was already expecting an invasion from the US
- Actual crisis began in 1962 when the US photos expulged that the USSR missiles were under construction in Cuba
- When JFK found out, he basically formed the EX-COMM
- This was he and 12 of his closest friends brainstorming to get out of the mess
- He also stated that any missiles launched from Cuba would still be considered an attack from the USSR, and that all weapons must be removed from the island
- JFK and Khrushchrev would communicate through writing letters
- In the meantime, soldiers would be alert and on their toes
- The culmination of the Cuban Missile Crisis was when a U-2 recon plane was shot down over Cuba
- Was one of the first instances of attack that occured because the pilot died
- The first letter from Khrushchrev stated that he'd remove all personnel and weapons from Cuba, provided the US guarantee not to invade Cuba
- The second was another proposition from the USSR, saying that they'll assure to leave Cuba, as long as the US removes its missiles from Turkey
- Attorney General, Robert Kennedy cleverly suggested that the US ignore the second letter and agree to the first
- All tensions began to disappear, when both leaders agreed to the terms
- That same day, the US demanded that Soviet light bombers also leave Cuba, which also happened eventually
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