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Universal Newsreel about the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, romanized: Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American deployments of nuclear missiles in Italy ...
This file, which was originally posted to Defense Intelligence Digest: Special Historical Edition (29 September 2011,) Chapter: The Cuban Missile crisis, October 1962, page 1., was reviewed on 3 December 2013 by reviewer Natuur12, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.
Iran crisis of 1946: 1945–1946 Azerbaijan People's Republic Republic of Mahabad. Supported by: Soviet Union. Imperial State of Iran. Supported by: United States. Iranian victory Greek Civil War: 1946–1949 [27] [28] Greek communists (Democratic Army of Greece, National Liberation Front, Greek People's Liberation Army, Communist Party of ...
The entire world watched with bated breath to see if this moment was the tipping point for World War III.
In the wake of the Cuban missile crisis the Soviet Union removed the planes from Cuba. This photo was published in The Miami Herald December 7, 1962. 10/25/1962: Navy destroyers at dockside in Key ...
China is denying a new report linking it to four bases in Cuba that a think tank says allows the CCP to spy on the U.S. The Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies ...
The name was derived from then Cuban President Fidel Castro by spelling his surname backwards.. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, upon discovery of SS-4 missiles being assembled in Cuba, the U.S. Government considered several options including a blockade (an act of war under international law, so it was called a "quarantine"), an airstrike, or a military strike against the Cuban missile positions.
Operation Anadyr (Russian: Анадырь) was the code name used by the Soviet Union for its Cold War secret operation in 1962 of deploying ballistic missiles, medium-range bombers, and a division of mechanized infantry to Cuba to create an army group that would be able to prevent an invasion of the island by United States forces. [1]