WH2.10B History of the Cuban Missile Crisis VIDEO

What was the name of the unsuccessful attempt by the US to overthrow Cuba's communist government in 1961?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

• Operation Mongoose

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Why did the Soviet Union deploy nuclear missiles to Cuba?

• To establish a permanent military base in the Caribbean.

• To protect Cuba from a potential US invasion and counter US missiles in Turkey and Italy.

• To test new missile technology close to US borders.

• To provoke a direct military conflict with the United States.

What was the United States' initial public response to the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• An immediate air strike on the missile sites.

• A full-scale invasion of Cuba.

• A naval quarantine to intercept all shipments to Cuba.

• A declaration of war against the Soviet Union.

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Which Soviet officer on a nuclear-armed submarine refused to authorize the launch of a nuclear torpedo, potentially preventing a global nuclear war?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Anatoly Dobrynin

• Vasili Arkhipov

• Fidel Castro