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==Expanse of The Crisis==

==Expanse of The Crisis==

The United States discovered that the [[Soviet Union]] was installing offensive missiles capable of nuclear warheads at air bases in Cuba.  The potentially nuclear missiles would soon be able to launch and strike the U.S. within minutes of launch.  Washington D.C. was well within their range.  President Kennedy demanded that the Soviets remove the missiles.  To ensure this would happen, and to insure no further develop of the missile base, he sent had the Navy blockade the island.  Secret negotiations ensued.  The Russians demanded that U.S. nuclear missiles in Turkey be removed for the removal of missiles in Cuba, but this was rejected.  It was understood by both sides that the United States was militarily superior to the Soviet Union.{{fact}}  Eventually, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], the Soviet premier at the time, backed down to avoid a possible war with the United States and to maintain a relationship with Cuba.

The United States discovered that the [[Soviet Union]] was installing offensive missiles capable of nuclear warheads at air bases in Cuba.  The potentially nuclear missiles would soon be able to launch and strike the U.S. within minutes of launch.  Washington D.C. was well within their range.  President Kennedy demanded that the Soviets remove the missiles.  To ensure this would happen, and to insure no further develop of the missile base, he sent had the Navy blockade the island.  Secret negotiations ensued.  The Russians demanded that U.S. nuclear missiles in Turkey be removed for the removal of missiles in Cuba, but this was rejected.  It was understood by both sides that the United States was militarily superior to the Soviet Union.{{fact}}  Eventually, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], the Soviet premier at the time, backed down to avoid a possible war with the United States and to maintain a relationship with Cuba.

[[Category:United States History]]

[[Category:United States History]]