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U-2 reconnaissance photo showing evidence of missile assembly in Cuba
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the CIA estimated on October 20, 1962, that 6,000 to 8,000 Soviet troops were stationed in Cuba, the true number was more than 40,000.
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To keep the public from knowing about the crisis they blamed a cold for President Kennedy’s cancellation of public
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President Kennedy’s aides drafted a speech announcing a military invasion of Cuba.
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a Soviet military intelligence officer, passed along vital espionage about Soviet missile systems
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a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile downed an American U-2 plane and killed its pilot.
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Both sides secretly pledged to withdraw intermediate nuclear missiles
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kennedy annoced the blockade and the Americans and Soviets were in regular communication
