Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:October_Crisis
gptkb:Caribbean_Crisis
gptkbp:causedBy deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Cuban Missile Crisis anniversary (October 16–28)
gptkbp:CubanLeader gptkb:Fidel_Castro
gptkbp:CubanMilitaryBranchInvolved gptkb:Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Cuba
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:The_Missiles_of_October_(TV_film)
gptkb:Thirteen_Days_(film)
numerous books and documentaries
gptkbp:endDate 1962-10-28
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkbp:location gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international media attention
gptkbp:militaryCampaign gptkb:Operation_Mongoose
gptkb:Operation_Anadyr
gptkbp:negotiatedBy gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Anatoly_Dobrynin
gptkbp:notableEvent U-2 spy plane shot down over Cuba
secret agreement to remove US missiles from Turkey
US agrees not to invade Cuba
USSR agrees to remove missiles
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
nuclear arms race
US–Soviet relations
gptkbp:result withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba
establishment of Moscow–Washington hotline
withdrawal of US missiles from Turkey
gptkbp:riskFactor nuclear war
gptkbp:significance closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war
height of the Cold War
gptkbp:SovietAction deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba
gptkbp:SovietMilitaryBranchInvolved gptkb:Soviet_Navy
gptkb:Soviet_Army
gptkbp:startDate 1962-10-16
gptkbp:USAction naval blockade of Cuba
gptkbp:USMilitaryBranchInvolved gptkb:US_Air_Force
gptkb:US_Navy
gptkbp:USPresidentInvolved gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_(until_1964)
gptkb:Vienna_Summit_(1961)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7