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This podcast is about the Cuban Missile Crisis: why and how it happened. We will talk about the events that unfolded and how it was resolved. This episode was researched and produced by Joshua and Xavier for their CHY4U World History class as part of their RST. Sources Used: Castro and the Cold War. PBS. (n.d.) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/castro-and-cold-war/ Diefenbunker History. Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum. (n.d.) https://diefenbunker.ca/about/ Maximum Range of Cuban Missiles. Atomic Archive. (n.d.). https://www.atomicarchive.com/history/cuban-missile-crisis/map-missile-range.html October 26, 1962: Castro sends letter to Khrushchev requesting nuclear first strike on USA, and orders artillery to fire on American planes. Centre for a Free Cuba. (n.d.) https://cubacenter.org/cuba-brief-archives/2022/10/26/otd-castro-sends-letter-to-khrushchev-requesting-nuclear-first-strike-on-usa-and-orders-artillery-to-fire-on-american-planes/ Ramcharan, Bertrand G. Preventive Diplomacy at the United Nations. United Nations, July 11, 2011. https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/preventive-diplomacy-united-nations Real Time 1960s. “Oct. 25, 1962 - Adlai Stevenson Confronts Soviet Ambassador at U.N. During Cuban Missile Crisis.” YouTube Video, 4:25. October 25, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNmDXvWkdOc Sino-Soviet Split. Britannica. (n.d.) https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Sino-Soviet-split/313563 The Bay of Pigs.John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, November 7, 2024. https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. (n.d.) https://www.jfklibrary.org/visit-museum/exhibits/special-exhibits/to-the-brink-jfk-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis U-2 and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Imperial War Museum. (n.d.) https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/cold-war/technology/u-2-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis