The Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis

The U-2 Dragon Lady was a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft used by the United States Air Force during the Cold War.

John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.

Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis and agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.

Operation Quaratine was the name of the American naval blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

42 Soviet missiles were removed from Cuba as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The U-2 Dragon Lady was the American spy plane that flew over Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis and took photographs of the Soviet missile sites.

Operation Mongoose was the name of the American military operation that was planned to invade Cuba in the event that the Soviet Union did not remove its missiles from Cuba.

The B-59 was the Soviet submarine that was sunk by the American destroyer USS Beale during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The USS Enterprise was the American aircraft carrier that was sent to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Jupiter was the American missile that was deployed in Turkey in response to the Soviet deployment of missiles in Cuba.

Adlai Stevenson was the American diplomat who negotiated with the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Anatoly Dobrynin was the Soviet diplomat who negotiated with the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Lyman Lemnitzer was the American military commander who was in charge of the American forces during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Vasily Chuikov was the Soviet military commander who was in charge of the Soviet forces during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The USS John F. Kennedy was the American ship that was attacked by a Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis.