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Cuban Missile Crisis: In October of 1961, tensions rose when the United States deployed 15 Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey, a Jupiter's range of 1500 miles meant they were a direct threat to Moscow. The Russians reacted immediately and US reconnaissance planes were sent out and on the 14th o...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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Geelong, Australia :
World Wide Entertainment,
2007.
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| Series: | World history in video.
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| Summary: | Cuban Missile Crisis: In October of 1961, tensions rose when the United States deployed 15 Jupiter nuclear missiles in Turkey, a Jupiter's range of 1500 miles meant they were a direct threat to Moscow. The Russians reacted immediately and US reconnaissance planes were sent out and on the 14th of October they spotted missile launching sights being constructed in Cuba. This was the start of a standoff between Russia and US which ended on the 28th of October. |
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| Item Description: | Previously released on DVD. Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (6 min.). |
| Language: | English. |