Cuban Missile Crisis

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Across
  1. 2. Type of US missile stationed in Turkey.
  2. 3. Month during which the crisis occurred.
  3. 6. Confrontation between opposing forces.
  4. 7. Tactic of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster.
  5. 10. US response to the Soviet missile buildup.
  6. 11. Ocean that separates the US and Europe.
  7. 15. US spy plane that discovered Soviet missile sites in Cuba.
  8. 16. Type of weapons at the center of the crisis.
  9. 17. Failed US-backed invasion of Cuba that preceded the crisis.
  10. 20. Outcome or solution to a problem.
  11. 22. Formal understanding or pact between two or more parties.
  12. 26. Face-to-face conflict between opposing forces.
  13. 27. Adjective describing something related to the Soviet Union.
  14. 28. Relating to the navy or maritime affairs.
Down
  1. 1. Situation where neither side is willing to back down.
  2. 4. Tense situation between the US and Soviet Union in October 1962.
  3. 5. Increase in intensity or severity.
  4. 6. Person who gathers secret information.
  5. 8. Absence of war or conflict.
  6. 9. Cuban leader during the crisis.
  7. 12. Country that played a role in the crisis due to US missiles stationed there.
  8. 13. Number of days the crisis lasted.
  9. 14. US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  10. 15. Former name of the Soviet Union.
  11. 18. Island nation where the crisis occurred.
  12. 19. Weapon at the center of the crisis.
  13. 21. Term used by the US to describe the blockade of Cuba.
  14. 23. The Executive Committee of the National Security Council, a group of advisors to Kennedy.
  15. 24. Art of negotiating between nations.
  16. 25. Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis.