Cuban Missile Crisis
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President during the crisis
President John F. Kennedy
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Secretary of Defence
Robert McNamara
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Name of the body of US gov. officials who agreed to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis
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How long did the crisis last?
14 days
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Date of the crisis
October 1962
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The _______ secretly stationed nuclear weapons on the island of ______
Soviet Union, Cuba
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What naval base was used by Americans in Cuba?
Guantanamo Bay
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Operation under JFK administration which meant an invasion of Cuba
Bay of Pigs
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How many anti-Castro Cuban exiles were raised for this operation?
1400
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