POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South America
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Establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles to Cuba.
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Enforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North Vietnam
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Conducting air shipments of vital supplies to East Berlin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1960, Khrushchev had launched plans to install medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles in Cuba that would put the eastern United States within range of nuclear attack.
Detailed explanation-2: -On October 24, Khrushchev responded to Kennedy’s message with a statement that the U.S. “blockade” was an “act of aggression” and that Soviet ships bound for Cuba would be ordered to proceed.
Detailed explanation-3: -After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this “quarantine, ” as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.