Cuban Missile Crisis
Published on Dec 16, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
13 days
- It is the most serious episode in the Cold War.
- From 16 to 28 October 1962.
- It was almost a nuclear war.
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The protagonist
- Nikita Khrushchev --> URSS
- Fidel Castro --> Cuba
- John F Kennedy --> USA
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Operation Mangosta - CIA
30 November 1961
Desastibilize Castro's regime.
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Operation Anadyr
May 1962
Khrushchev decided to install in Cuba medium range missiles.
By this, he was trying to make up for the fact that Soviet strategic forces were lagging behind of the USA.
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In 1962, the US forces consisted of:
- 2000 strategic bombers
- 294 ICBMs
- 144 SLBM
Against the Soviet side:
- 150 bombs
- 75 ICBMs
- 0 SLBM
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The medium-range missiles deployed in Cuba would have doubled the Soviet offensive force.
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The Khrushchev plan was approved by the Soviet Defence Council on 24 May and by Castro on 29 May.
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