Cuban Missile Crisis

English: The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The crisis began on October 16, 1962 and lasted for thirteen days. It is regarded by many as the moment when the Cold War was closest to becoming nuclear war.

Deutsch: Die Kubakrise war eine Konfrontation zwischen der Sowjetunion und den USA. Der Grund war das Aufstellen von sowjetischen Atomraketen auf Kuba. Die Krise begann am 16. Oktober 1962 (Kennedy wurde informiert) und dauerte 13 Tage. Die Krise wurde als der Moment wahrgenommen, an dem die Welt am Dichtesten vor einem Atomkrieg stand.

Slovenščina: Kubanska raketna kriza je bila ostra konfrontacija med Sovjetsko zvezo in Združenimi državami Amerike ob namestitvi jedrskih izstrelkov na Kubi. Kriza se je začela 16. oktobra 1962 in je trajala trinajst dni. Mnogi menijo, da je bil svet v vsem 20. stoletju takrat najbliže jedrski vojni.

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  Aerial view showing missile launch site 1 on Cuba Oct 1962

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  Aerial view showing missile launch site 2 on Cuba Nov 1962

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  Aerial view showing missile launch site 3 on Cuba Oct 1962

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  Missile range

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  Cuban crisis map missile range

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  Aerial view showing missile launch site on Cuba 1962.

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  Soviet Military Sites on Cuba 1962

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  October 17, 1962: A map of Cuba, with a partial listing of Soviet military equipment, used during the President's meetings with political and military advisors.

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  President Kennedy meets with Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko in the Oval Office. The President knows but does not reveal that he is now aware of the missile build-up.

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  By October 18, the president and his advisers weighed only two options: blockade or invasion.

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  President Kennedy's letter to Premier Khrushchev, Page 1, October 22, 1962.

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  President Kennedy's letter to Premier Khrushchev, Page 2, October 22, 1962.

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  23 October 1962, President Kennedy signs Proclamation 3504, authorizing the naval quarantine of Cuba

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  President Kennedy signs Cuba quarantine proclamation, 23 October 1962

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  Original copy of Proclamation 3504, signed by President Kennedy on October 23, 1962, authorizing the US Naval quarantine of Cuba (from the National Archive and Records Administration.)

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  Original copy of Proclamation 3504, signed by President Kennedy on October 23, 1962, authorizing the US Naval quarantine of Cuba (from the National Archive and Records Administration.)

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  Original copy of Proclamation 3504, signed by President Kennedy on October 23, 1962, authorizing the US Naval quarantine of Cuba (from the National Archive and Records Administration.)

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  Original copy of Proclamation 3504, signed by President Kennedy on October 23, 1962, authorizing the US Naval quarantine of Cuba (from the National Archive and Records Administration.)

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  29 October 1962, EXCOMM meeting, Cuban Missile Crisis

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  29 October 1962, President Kennedy with advisors after EXCOMM meeting

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  Women Strike for Peace protesting during the crisis

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  U-2 destroyed

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  Depart of the missiles, Port Casilda, Cuba, is captured by an RF-101 pilot with the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on Nov. 6, 1962, while the aircraft itself casts a shadow over the port.

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  Soviet missile equipment beeing loaded at port in Cuba 1962.