Flashcards in The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Discovery Deck (8)
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The USSR saw Cuba as a fix to..?
a key strategic problem.
2
The USA had missiles close to the USSR but..?
The USSR had none near the USA.
3
Cuba saw Soviet missiles as a great way to..?
prevent the USA invading Cuba again.
4
In September 1962 Soviet ships..?
carried missiles to Cuba.
5
In October 1962 US spy planes..?
photographed the Cuban missile sites and the secret was out.
6
The US public learnt that they were now in range of Soviet nuclear missiles. As a result..?
there was panic.
7
When did Soviet ships carry missiles to Cuba?
September 1962
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