Cuban Missile Crisis

President during the crisis

President John F. Kennedy

Secretary of Defence

Robert McNamara

Name of the body of US gov. officials who agreed to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis

EXCOMM

How long did the crisis last?

14 days

Date of the crisis

October 1962

The _______ secretly stationed nuclear weapons on the island of ______

Soviet Union, Cuba

What naval base was used by Americans in Cuba?

Guantanamo Bay

Operation under JFK administration which meant an invasion of Cuba

Bay of Pigs

How many anti-Castro Cuban exiles were raised for this operation?

1400