1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1962_Cuban_Missile_Crisis

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:international_relations
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis gptkb:October_Crisis gptkb:Caribbean_Crisis
gptkbp:category	20th-century diplomatic crisis nuclear weapons crisis
gptkbp:causedBy	deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:The_Missiles_of_October_(TV_film) gptkb:Thirteen_Days_(film) gptkb:One_Minute_to_Midnight_(book)
gptkbp:duration	13 days
gptkbp:endDate	1962-10-28
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
gptkbp:internationalInvolvement	gptkb:U_Thant_(UN_Secretary-General_mediation)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Caribbean_Sea gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:militaryCampaign	US naval blockade of Cuba Soviet missile deployment
gptkbp:negotiatedBy	gptkb:John_F._Kennedy gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy gptkb:Anatoly_Dobrynin
gptkbp:notableSpeaker	gptkb:Kennedy's_October_22,_1962_address
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Fidel_Castro gptkb:John_F._Kennedy gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkbp:participants	gptkb:Cuba gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion gptkb:Operation_Anadyr
gptkbp:result	US public pledge not to invade Cuba secret removal of US missiles from Turkey withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba establishment of Moscow–Washington hotline increased arms control negotiations
gptkbp:riskFactor	DEFCON 2 (US military alert)
gptkbp:significance	closest the Cold War came to nuclear war
gptkbp:SovietMilitaryCommander	gptkb:Marshal_Rodion_Malinovsky
gptkbp:startDate	1962-10-16
gptkbp:USCodeName	gptkb:Operation_Ortsac
gptkbp:USIntelligenceDiscovery	U-2 spy plane photographs
gptkbp:USMilitaryCommander	gptkb:General_Maxwell_D._Taylor
gptkbp:USMissileTypeInTurkey	gptkb:PGM-19_Jupiter
gptkbp:USSRCodeName	gptkb:Operation_Anadyr
gptkbp:USSRMissileType	gptkb:R-12_Dvina R-14 Chusovaya
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis_Museum_Exhibit
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5