Cuban Missile Crisis

By hannahmcburnett
  • President Kennedy Authorizes Operation Mongoose

    President Kennedy Authorizes Operation Mongoose

  • First Nuclear Ballistic Missiles Arrive in Cuba

    First Nuclear Ballistic Missiles Arrive in Cuba

  • President Kennedy Delivers First Speech on the Nuclear Buildup in Cuba

    President Kennedy Delivers First Speech on the Nuclear Buildup in Cuba

    It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union. — John F. Kennedy
  • President Kennedy signs the Proclamation for Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba

    President Kennedy signs the Proclamation for Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba

  • Fidel Castro Writes Letter to Khruschev in which he Urges the Soviet Union to Attack the US if it Invades Cuba

    Fidel Castro Writes Letter to Khruschev in which he Urges the Soviet Union to Attack the US if it Invades Cuba

    would like to briefly express my own personal opinion. If [an invasion of Cuba] takes place and the imperialists invade Cuba with the aim of occupying it, the dangers of their aggressive policy are so great that after such an invasion the Soviet Union must never allow circumstances in which the imperialists could carry out a nuclear first strike against it. — Fidel Castro \
  • Khruschev Announces Soviet Union will Remove Missiles from Cuba

    Khruschev Announces Soviet Union will Remove Missiles from Cuba