Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as "Fourteen Days In October", was one of the warmest times of the Cold War. Ironically, it obviously lasted only fourteen days and was settled without anyone firing any missiles. It started when the Soviets realized they were behind in the Arms Race. Soviet missiles only had enough range to fire on other European countries. U.S. missiles had enough range to fire on the entire Soviet Union. This caused the Soviets to worry. Premier Nikita Khrushchev created the plan to import some of their missiles to Cuba, enemies of the United States, so they could be matched up in terms of destroying each other. The U.S. quickly found out about the Soviets plans and major threat that they were proving to be if they had missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy demanded that the Soviets remove their missiles from Cuba. He also issued a naval quarantine to stop from Soviet missiles to continue entering Cuba. Any nuclear launch from Cuba would be recognized as a direct attack from the Soviet Union. Tensions began to build from the U.S. and the Soviets. Low-level reconnaissance missions every two hours. These reconnaisance missions were performed to ensure our safety and that no missiles were planned to be fired.On October 28th, Khrushchev announced that he would remove his missiles from Cuba. The U.S. also agreed not to invade Cuba. The missiles were removed at a lot of tension relieved.