What stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis?
After extensive consultation with his foreign policy and military advisers, Kennedy blockaded Cuba on October 22, 1962. The two sides stood on the brink of nuclear war, but Khrushchev capitulated six days later and the missiles were dismantled. In return, Kennedy disbanded its own missile sites in Turkey.
How did Cuban Missile Crisis end?
The next morning, October 28, Khrushchev issued a public statement that Soviet missiles would be dismantled and removed from Cuba. The crisis was over but the naval quarantine continued until the Soviets agreed to remove their IL–28 bombers from Cuba and, on November 20, 1962, the United States ended its quarantine.
What was the solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The chosen action was to blockade any further weapons coming into Cuba. This started negotiations that would eventually end with the removal of missiles from Cuba and Turkey and a promise from the U.S. that they would not invade Cuba.
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis defused?
In April 1961, while landing an army of Cuban exiles on the island of Bay of Pigs, the US bombed Cuban airfields to overthrow Castro's regime. US warships surrounded Cuba. Later, the Soviet President Krushchev agreed to remove missiles, and in return, the US agreed not to invade Cuba again.