Cuba

In value, how much did Castro nationalise of USA investments?

$1 billion

How long was the political and military stand off? TJ

13 days

How many days long was the political and military stand off? AW

13 days

How long was the political/ military standoff last for and when was it? PP

13 days in October 1962

When was a U-2 spy plane sent to check on Cuba for the first time? TJ

14 October 1962

When did 6 American bombers (disguised in the colours of the Cuban airforce) take off from Nicaragua for a crucial attack on Cuban airfields?(JH)

15 April 1961

When were 6 US bombers disguised as Cuban planes? TJ

15 April 1961

How many ships carrying missiles went from the USSR to Cuba? TB

150

How many Cuban exiles went to Cuba to fight in the Bay of Pigs invasion? RH

1500

How far away was Cuba from the USA? ST

150km Approx.

What date did Disguised American Bombers set off to bomb Cuban air fields? HB

15th April 1961

when was the bay of pigs invasion? SW

17 April 1961

When did the Cuban Revolution end? TJ

1959

When did Kennedy die? PP

1963 Nov 22nd

How many Cubans were ready to defend Cuba from an American Invasion? TJ

250,000

Who changed this?? Ac

Fidel Castro

Who was the dictator of Cuba??Ac

Fulgencio Batista

When did JFK die? AW

July 16th 1999

What does NATO stand for? HB

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

When did USA realise that there were Soviet Union missiles in Cuba? HB

Oct 16th

What was the date of the politician and military stand off? AW

October 1962

When was the cuban missile crisis? SW

October 1962

When did Kennedy tell America about the presence of missiles? PP

October 22nd 1962 in a TV broadcast

Cuba decided to by what from the Soviet Union? HB

Oil

What kind of Soviet ship did the USA intercept and what was this a signal and to whom? ST

Oil tanker ship. This was a signal that the Americans were serious about the blockade and it was to Khrushchev.

How many people died when an ammunition frater 'Lakuta' exploded in Havana Harbour? HB

Over 100

How many people were tried for crimes against the people?? Ac

Over 500

What did the Americans decide to do instead of bombing Cuba?(JH)

Quarantine them

What did American companies refuse to do?? Ac

Refine the soviets oil

What was the name of JFKs brother who was involved in solving the Cuban missile crisis? SW

Robert Kennedy

Who was the US Secretary of Defense at the time? TB

Robert McNamara

Where did the Cuban exiles train (by CIA Agents)? ST

Secret base in Guatemala.

When did Khrushchev announce he would provide weapon arms to Cuba? ST

September 1961

Who offered to remove the Cuban missiles in return for the U.S promising not to invade Cuba? AW

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

Why couldn't the Soviet Union keep their bombs in soviet territory? SW

they only had mid-range missiles.

Approximately how many Cuban were ready, for an American invasion, to defend Cuba? ST

250,000 people approx.

How many troops were taken from the USSR to Cuba? TB

40,000

How many people did the USSR deliver and what for, to Cuba initially? ST

43,000 people for installation of the weapons as well.

How many people were tried and executed in Castro's take over? RH

500

How many planes left to bomb Cuban airfields in the Bay of Pigs invasion? RH

8

When did Fidel Castro enter Havana? RH

8th of January 1959

How far away were the missiles from U.S shores? AW

90 miles

How far were the Cuban missiles from the US? TB

90 miles

By what proportion was the USA's sugar market cut by, in Cuba? ST

95%

What was the name given to the plan to stop all ships heading into Cuba to be searched? HB

A Quarantine

What were the casualties/losses during the Cuban Missile Crisis? PP

A U-2 spy drone shot down and 1 aircraft damaged.

What was the bay of pigs invasion? SW

A military attempt to invade Cuba by the CIA using Cuban rebellion militia.

What did JFK put in place around Cuba? AW

A naval blockade

What did 40,000 American marines mount in the spring of 1962?(JH)

A practice invasion

How far was the USA from Cuba?? Ac

About 150km

What owned most of Cuba's land and industry?Ac

American corporations

What owned most of Cubas land and industry?(JH)

American corporations

Who was soviet ambassador to USA? Ac

Anatoly Dobrynin

Who was the Soviet Foreign minister? HB

Andre Gremico

Who was the Soviet ambassador? HB

Anotilo Dubreenin

What happened on April 15th 1961?? Ac

Attack on Cuban airfields

how did the Soviet Union deliver weapons and missiles to Cuba? SW

By boat.

what did the USA do to stop the Soviet delivering missiles? SW

Created a quarantine so that they could stop and search all boats heading to cuba.

Where did the Soviet Union place their missiles? TJ

Cuba

Where were the missiles? PP

Cuba, 90 miles from US shores

Who was US president at the start of Castro's regime? TB

Eisenhower

What did Kennedy want to do instead of bombing the missile site in Cuba?(JH)

Exchange with Khrushchev

Who entered Havana on 8 January 1959?(JH)

Fidel Castro

Who led the Cuban Revolution? TJ

Fidel Castro

Who was President of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis? [DM]

Fidel Castro

Who was dictator of Cuba before the Cuban Revolution? TJ

Fulgencio Batista

Who was Cuba's leader? HB

Fulugensia Batista

Name two things the revolution promised to the people. TB

Honesty of government; healthcare

What did the US train Cuban exiles to do?TB

Invade Cuba

Until the 60s what relationship had Cuba had to the US? TB

It had been the US's 'playground'

Who secretly removed U.S missiles from Turkey? AW

JFK

Who was president of USA at that time?? Ac

JFK

Who became the new American president?(JH)

John F Kennedy

Who was the American President? TJ

John F Kennedy

What was JFK's full name? AW

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Who was JFK? (give full name) PP

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Who was the American president at the time? AW

John Kennedy

when was the cuban revolution? SW

July 1953 to january 1 1959

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis? TJ

Khrushchev

Who was the military and political stand off between? AW

Leaders of the U.S and the Soviet Union

In July 1962 (under the nose of the Americans, what was heavily disguised on 150 Soviet ships sailing for Cuba along with over 40,000 troops?(JH)

Missiles

Who was the USSR premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis? [DM]

Nikita Khrushchev

When did the Naval Blockade of CUBA end PP

November 20th 1962

What did the USA bomb with incendiary bombs? RH

Sugar cane farms

What happened on Oct 16th at 8:45? PP

The CIA confirmed that there were Soviet missiles in CUBA and told Kennedy

How did they find out about the missiles in CUBA? PP

The CIA sent out a spy plane (U-2 spy drone which photographed a soviet SS-4 mid-range ballistic missile being assembled)

Why did the Soviets want Nuclear Missiles in Cuba, so badly, rather from the USSR? ST

The Nuclear Missiles couldn't reach the USA from the USSR. They could now use Cuba strategically.

What deal did the US and Soviet come to? SW

The USA would withdraw missiles from Turkey and italy that endangered the Soviet Union when the Soviet Uniob removed its missiles from cuba.

What did Khrushchev broadcast to the whole world?(JH)

The removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba

What was agreed to happen in return for the withdrawal of the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles from Cuba?(JH)

The withdrawal of American nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy

When the USA first found out about the Cuban Missiles, what was the first thing they wanted to do and why didn't they do it? ST

They wanted to Air Strike Cuba, but they thought it would become a similar situation to Pearl Harbour against the USA

Why did the US dislike Cuba? TB

They were communists

Why did JFK stay away from the talks about the Cuban missile crisis? RH

To keep up with an election campaign

what was the reason for the bay of pigs invasion? SW

To stop communism spreading to the USA

United States Government Agency decided to do what? HB

Train people to bomb Cuba and to burn the sugar cane feilds.

Where were the USA missiles placed? PP

Turkey (Italy)

What kind of plane discovered the missiles? TB

U2

What role did Robert McNamara have in the us government? Ac

US secretary of defense

How did the Missile Crisis end? PP

With the agreement that the USA would not attack CUBA and Soviets would withdraw 'defensive' weapons from CUBA