https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16 Cold War Proxy Conflict between the US & Cuba: en-us 2021-05-18 15:23:59 UTC 2026-02-27 17:44:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 073915 https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1536380805 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two sides came closest to nuclear conflict. The Cold war conflict came to light after the pilot of an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Major Richard Heyser made a high-altitude pass over Cuba. In an article it stated that a pilot, " photographed a Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballistic missile being assembled for installation. " Thus clarifying the reasons for the conflict.
- For American officials, the reason for all panic as far as the situation came from the fact that the nuclear armed Cuban missiles were being installed so close to the U.S mainland, (which was just 90 miles south of Florida) from the United States's viewpoint, the launch point of the missiles were close enough that they could easily and quickly reach US targets in the eastern area if they became fully complete and operational. The missiles would not only continue the conflict but complicate the nuclear rivalry between the U.S and the USSR.
- I believe The Cuban Missile Crisis was a combination of a Civil War and a Coup. Not only were two governments going at war with another but each of them were trying to overthrow the other.

TEXT - SOURCE: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis ]]> 2021-05-18 16:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1536380805 073915 https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1536583359 - The Cuban Missile Crisis took place between Oct 16, 1962 – Oct 28, 1962 in Cuba. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S and the Soviet Union were stuck in a tense and suspenseful, 13 day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear armed Soviet missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S shores.

IMAGE - SOURCE: https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item108397.html]]> 2021-05-18 17:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1536583359 073915 https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1536735003 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other.
- Although it ideology did  contribute to the overall conflict of The Cuban Missile Crisis, ideology was not the main concern/problem that brought about The Cuban Missile Crisis but more so the threat of national security that was put upon the US, Cuba and Soviet Union. The reason the crisis happened in the first place was because of the distinct differences in views on how society should be run overall and not simply based on rivalry or power play between the two. The US believed in democracy, and because of the Soviet Union's influence, Cuba supported a communist system. It is certain that they both became blindsided to each other’s views and had not realized the consequences of their actions.

VIDEO - SOURCE: https://youtu.be/WYVPx3x3oCg]]> 2021-05-18 17:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1536735003 073915 https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542362822 - It was a proxy conflict around Cuba. It began when the Soviet Union started building missile sites in Cuba during the year of 1962. This crisis overall is seen as one of the most important war confrontations of the Cold War. The American government refused to import anything from Cuba after that.
- The crisis was resolved when Cuba's premier withdrew the missiles from Cuba.

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-orders-withdrawal-of-missiles-from-cuba
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https://www.newsweek.com/khrushchev-hero-or-villain-250691]]> 2021-05-20 04:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542362822 073915 https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542379150 - In the end, the Soviet Union came out ahead and Cuba was saved from a U.S. invasion. However, over the course of about two weeks, Kennedy and Khrushchev negotiated a peaceful outcome to the missile crisis. The Soviets compared their provision of nuclear weapons to Cuba with the stationing of Jupiter missiles in Turkey.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/who-really-won-the-cuban-missile -crisis_b_1981613#:~:text=In%20the%20end%2C%20the%20Soviet,story%20remained%20secret%20for%20decades.]]> 2021-05-20 04:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542379150 073915 https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542389444 - The Cubans suffered the most. They were happy to host the Soviet missiles, but were alarmed by Khrushchev's insistence that they should be made in secret and without reaching the public eye/view. They argued consistently with the Soviets that these new defense arrangements should be made public from the start. I believe this would have helped there to be less conflict involved and less of a war and more of a simple confrontation.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/who-really-won-the-cuban-missile-crisis_b_1981613
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q54dauWm8DE]]> 2021-05-20 04:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542389444 073915 https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542438467 - The Cuban missile crisis ended peacefully sense the Soviet Union withdrew the warheads in exchange for Kennedy pulling its own missiles from Turkey, but the conflict between the two came very close to sparking World War III, a threat that forever changed Americans' perceptions of the Cold War completely. 
- After plenty of long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place 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 in hopes to stop the evolution of their missile creations and the other team/challenge against the US overall.

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https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis#:~:text=After%20many%20long%20and%20difficult,the%20destruction%20of%20the%20sites.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/11/22/the-cuban-missile-crisis-almost-ended-the-world-was-it-kennedys-fault/

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]]> 2021-05-20 04:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542438467 073915 https://padlet.com/073915/yqgpa6rv6ufawo16/wish/1542457805 - Although the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union very close to nuclear war, it ultimately resulted in temporarily improved relationship between the two. Later on down the line, both nations agreed to stop all atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons. TODAY, Havana has made some reforms, including easing restrictions on private businesses. It has also expressed openness to Cuban American investors. In April 2021, Diaz-Canel replaced Raul Castro as the first secretary of the Communist Party, ending decades of leadership by the Castro family. Still, studies say that any rapprochement would have to overcome deep divisions between the two governments on issues including Venezuela, as well as prickly domestic politics.

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https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-cuba-relations
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