Cuban+Missile+Crisis+-+Donaldson

Nick Donaldson
 * Who: The Soviets placed to Nuclear missiles in Cuba. The United States were the ones that were worried about the missiles.


 * What: The Soviets placed Nuclear missiles in Cuba. The U.S. found this out and tried as hard as they could to get the missiles out of Cuba. The U.S. was worried that if the missiles were in Cuba then it would give little or no warning to the U.S.


 * Where: The missiles were in Cuba. They were Soviet Missiles. Most of the negotiating for the missiles to be removed wasn't in person.


 * When: September of 1962 was when the missiles were placed in Cuba by the Soviets. It ended on October 28, 1962.


 * Why: Cuba thought the U.S. was going to invade them. They allowed the Soviets to strategically place Nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Sources: Picture-http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/lae/images/LE283L2.jpg Information-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis