Hint
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Answer
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What was the airstrike plan known as?
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OPLAN 312
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What was the land-based invasion known as?
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OPLAN 314
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What terrain were the nuclear weapons placed in Cuba?
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Mountains of Cuba
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What did the Soviets also provide?
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Fighter planes, bombers and 14,000 ground troops
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What was the range of the nuclear weapons?
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From 1100KM to 2800KM
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Why did the Soviets place nuclear weapons in Cuba?
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To achieve nuclear parity
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When did a US U-2 spy plane see ballistic missiles in Cuba?
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14th October 1962
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When did Kennedy organise a meeting of ExComm?
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16th October 1962
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What did ExComm decide?
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To organise a naval blockade
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When did the first Soviet ships reach the blockade?
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24th October 1962
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When did Khrushchev send a telegraph to Kennedy?
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Friday 26th October
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What did Khrushchev effectively want from the telegram?
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He wanted a way out of the crisis
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What did Khrushchev propose?
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If the USA didn't invade Cuba, the Soviets would remove nuclear weapons.
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What did Castro order on the same day?
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To fire at low-level reconnaissance planes
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What letter did Kennedy reply to from Khrushchev?
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Kennedy replied to the first letter
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Why did Robert Kennedy meet with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin?
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To inform that Kennedy was willing to remove the Jupiter missiles in Turkey
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When did Khrushchev agree to remove the missiles and end the war?
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Sunday morning, 28th October
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What treaty was signed in October 1963?
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The Moscow Test Ban Treaty
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What did this treaty do?
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Banned testing in outer space and under water
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What period developed from this point?
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Detente
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Did Cuba stay communist?
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Yes
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