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The Missile Crisis

By realbrinkster

  • Missles Found in Cuba

    Missles Found in Cuba
    Spy planes flew over Cuba and discovered Soviet Neuclar Missles hidden in a base.

  • Meeting

    Meeting
    Kennedy made EXCOMM, which was a group of members who met that day to discuss what their next step would be.

  • More Missiles

    More Missiles
    Another missile site is found in Cuba.

  • Soviet Meeting

    Soviet Meeting
    Kennedy meets with the Soviet foreign afairs minister. He keeps it a secert that he knows that there are missles in Cuba. The foreign afairs minister denys the missiles in Cuba.

  • Blockade

    Blockade
    JFK decided that the best option was to form a blockade into cuba in order to stop any more missiles form being transfered there.

  • Public Adress

    Public Adress
    Kennedy adressed the public telling them about their naval blockade plan and when it would be put into affect.

  • Close Call

    Close Call
    Soviet ships reached the blockade, american ships nearly fired on them, but they turned away just in time.

  • Message

    Message
    The Soveit leader says that he will remove the missiles only if the United States removes their missiles from Trukey.

  • Message Two

    Message Two
    When a U.S. aircraft is shot, the Soviets state that the U.S. must now remove thier missles from Cuba as well as make a public statment against attacking Cuba.

  • Stopping

    Stopping
    The soviet leader agreed to stop bringing missles into Cuba and dismantled the ones already there.