The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 is well-known, but as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss it was followed in November by a second, secret Cuban missile crisis that the Soviets hid from the world.AI-powered
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The Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Mikoyan, Castro, Kennedy, Khrushchev, November 1962)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis began on November 2, 1962. Fidel Castro wanted the US to end its economic sanctions against Cuba. He also wanted Guantanamo Bay Naval Base back from the U.S. The blockade was eventually lifted in December of that same year.
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