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Gillett 1

Davis Gillett

Mr.Casteel

English CP III

Period:4

3 December 2013

Cold War/Cuban Missile Crisis

                        The Cold war began after WWII ended from a distrust between the soviets and the Americans. There were many major battles and conflicts throughout the Cold war. One major conflict that was brought upon through the Cold War was the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was found out about on 1962 from a spy plane that photographed a nuclear building site the soviets had built in Cuba. This site was only 90 miles from Florida which if any missile was launched there would have been major damage to the east coast. In order to keep the soviets from resupplying the base with military weapons Kennedy decided to set up a naval blockade around Cuba. After this had happened no one knew what the Soviets would do but Kennedy later televised the situation and it brought a shock to the people in the U.S. and people began to have the fear of a Nuclear War. This crisis lasted for thirteen days and brought panic to all of the Americans. Both the soviets and the Americans realized that having a Nuclear War would not end up well for both countries. Both sides came to an agreement after Nikita Khrushchev decided to do away with the nuclear base as long as the Americans did not terrorize Cuba. The agreement between both sides stated that if the Soviets were to follow through with getting rid of their base in Cuba the Americans must do the same with their base in Turkey. After this nuclear crisis was over tensions began to rise between both the Soviets and the Americans which later led to more battles and conflicts.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.aspx