The Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1961 The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba and was in the act of preparing for an invasion. A few advisors and other state departments assured President Kennedy that Fidel Castro was not a threat at all. President Kennedy did not agree and saw Fidel Castro as a mastermind. He believed that the taking down of Fidel Castro would show Russia, China, and fellow Americans that President Kennedy was serious about winning the Cold War and was willing to fight to prove so.
Kennedy began to create a plan to invade Cuba. Coming into office President Kennedy picked up former president Dwight Eisenhower’s CIA campaign to train and equip guerilla army of Cuban exiles. While preparing for the invasion the last thing President Kennedy
Kennedy addresses to the nation that the United States is quarantining Cuba until the Soviet Union missiles are gone and warned that if missiles were fired from Cuba than the United States would retaliate. This caused for the citizens around the world to fear even more. The rest of the world sat there watching first hand as we inch by inch stepped closer to the start of a nuclear war. They sat there very nervous and worried that this may be the start of a possible world war III. The other countries of the world feared that if this war began that they would be dragged into it due to being allies with the other countries already in it. If this war happened it would terribly damage the economy of the world, negatively impact the trade market, and cause the world’s death poll to rise. The Soviet Union responds by proclaiming that the missile sites are placed in Cuba solely to protect them against any attackers. A few days later Soviet ships headed to Cuba but were forced to turn around due to the quarantine zone that the United States put up around
In December of 1962 President Kennedy decided to send Cuba care packages filled with medicine, food, and supplies in exchange for the Cuban exiles that were captured in the terribly failed invasion of Boy of Pigs.
In the spring of 1963, the United States quietly removed the missiles from Turkey that equally threatened the Soviet Union and agreed not to invade Cuba. Though the missiles were removed they were done so very secretly, the rest of the United States wasn’t aware of the placement or removal of these missiles until nearly 20 years later at the end of 1980.
This crisis is regarded as the closest the world has come to a nuclear exchange. Soon after this incident, the famous "hotline" was installed between the United States and the Soviet Union to help resolve future conflicts. The hotline is used for direct communication between the United States and the United Nations. This was a very important installment because it made it made it easier for the United States and the Soviet Union to stay in contact and to make sure that everything stays under control so that there is no potential war that breaks