Cuban Missile crisis

By lukeyjt

  • Castro assumes power after cuban revolution

    Castro assumes power after cuban revolution

  • Cuba joins Soviet Union

    Cuba joins Soviet Union
    Cuba alies itself with the soviet union and adopts their policies.

  • The Us terminates diplomatic relations

  • The Summit

    The Summit
    Khrushchev and Kennedy hold summit in Vienna talks regarding the placement and armament of missiles in Cuba.

  • Evidence of missile instilation

    Senator Kenneth Keating alerts the Senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile being installed in Cuba

  • U-2 Photographs

    A U-2 flying over west Cuba obtains photographs of the missile site.

  • The EX-COMM

    The Joint Chiefs of Staff strongly advise President Kennedy to make an air strike against Cuba.

  • Americans are informed

    Americans are informed
    congress is shown the photographic evidence of the Soviet missile Cuban installations and the President addresses the nation regarding the Cuban crisis

  • DEFCON 3

    U.S. military forces go to DEFCON 3

  • Khrushchev's Letter

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

  • Soviet ships and DEFCON 2

    Soviet ships on route to Cuba, reverse their course from threat of attack from the US except for one. US Military forces go to DEFCON 2

  • JFK's letter to Khrushchev

    JFK sends a letter to Khrushchev placing the responsibility for the crisis on the Soviet Union

  • The Letter is returned, the solution begins.

    Khrushchev sends a letter to President Kennedy proposing to remove his missiles if Kennedy publicly announces never to invade Cuba

  • Major Rudolf Anderson dies

    Major Rudolf Anderson dies
    An American U-2 is shot down over Cuba killing the pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson

  • The resolution agreement.

    Kennedy sends Khrushchev a letter stating that he will make a statement that the U.S. will not invade Cuba if Khrushchev removes the missiles from Cuba

  • The End

    Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba
    In return the US agrees to the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Turkey ending the Cuban Missile Crisis