WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Allowed Soviet ships to continue their approach to the American blockade
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Approved the installation of nuclear weapons in Cuba
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Collaborated with Fidel Castro to allow nuclear weapons in Cuba
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Ordered the dismantling of Soviet missiles in Cuba
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Detailed explanation-1: -On October 28 Khrushchev capitulated, informing Kennedy that work on the missile sites would be halted and that the missiles already in Cuba would be returned to the Soviet Union. In return, Kennedy committed the United States to never invading Cuba.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -However, disaster was avoided when the U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s (1894-1971) offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -The role of Nikita Khrushchev in the crisis was that the Soviets assured the US that they had no intention of giving the Cubans nuclear missiles and pledged that Cuba would receive nonnuclear weapons to defend the island from attack. The role that John F.