THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Soviets were defeated at Stalingrad
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Khrushchev died
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Soviet ships returned home
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A Soviet ship was attacked by a U.S. submarine
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kennedy’s response: the naval blockade of Cuba This could stop further Soviet missiles coming to Cuba, buying him time to negotiate with the Soviets. Kennedy imposes a naval blockade around Cuba, to stop the Soviet ships suspected of carrying nuclear missiles from reaching Cuba.
Detailed explanation-2: -It played an important part in Nikita Khrushchev’s fall from power and the Soviet Union’s determination to achieve nuclear parity with the United States. The crisis also marked the closest point that the world had ever come to global nuclear war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The next morning, October 28, Khrushchev issued a public statement that Soviet missiles would be dismantled and removed from Cuba. The crisis was over but the naval quarantine continued until the Soviets agreed to remove their IL–28 bombers from Cuba and, on November 20, 1962, the United States ended its quarantine.