Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Cuban Missile Crisis (Major leaders (United States (John F Kennedy, Robert…
Cuban Missile Crisis
Major leaders
United States
John F Kennedy
Robert McNamara
Maxwell D Taylor
Soviet Union
Nikita Krushchev
Rodion Malinovsky
Anastas Mikoyan
Cuba
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Causes
Placement of American ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey
Soviet response of placing their own ballistic missiles in Cuba
Failed American invasion of the Bay of Pigs
Outcomes
Withdrawal of ballistic missiles from both Italy/Turkey and Cuba
Americans agree to never invade Cuba without direct provocation
Creation of a nuclear hotline between both the USA and USSR
Main Events
Rhetoric from both nations escalate against one another
United States blockades Cuba
American U-2 shot down over Cuba
Soviet submarine commander refuses to fire nuclear weapons after depth charges dropped against his vessel
Leaders deliberate and agree to de-escalate