Cold War: Events Leading up to Cuban Missle Crisis

End of WWII

Aug 14, 1945

Japan Surrenders End of WWII

Marshall Plan is Introduced

Jun 2, 1947

Plan dedicated to helping countries affected by Communism

Korean War Begins

Jun 25, 1950

Korean War begins between communist north and democratic south

Korean War Ends

Jul 27, 1953

In 1953, the war ceased with an armistice that restored the border between the Koreas near the 38th Parallel

Cuba taken over by communist Fidel Castro

Feb 16, 1959

Cuba allies itself with USSR

Dec 19, 1960

Bay of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

CIA tries to sneak attack Communist Cuba with old Cuban defects and fail

A U-2 flying over western Cuba obtains photographs of missile sites

Oct 14, 1962

Kennedy Addresses the Nation

Oct 23, 1962

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7YkJxQT_0Y

Khrushchev letter to Kennedy

Oct 24, 1962

Kennedy receives a letter from Khrushchev in which Khrushchev states that there is a, "serious threat to peace and security of peoples." Robert Kennedy speaks with Ambassador Dobrynin

Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba

Oct 28, 1962