Cuban Missile Crisis

1962
By: Samuel Lo
Jimmy Lam

PLAY GAME
 President Kennedy Vs Nikita
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev was the USSR leader.
He and Kennedy disagreed with each
other. Kennedy did not like communists.
However Khrushchev did not like
capitalists. He wanted to turn most of the
world into communists. On the other hand
kennedy wanted the countries to stay
capitalists.
Will it ignite World War III?
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 Introduction
The main participants of Cuban
Missile Crisis were USSR
(Communist) and USA (Democracy).
It all started with the deviation
amongst them. The America spy
plane found the USSR secretly
planted Nuclear Missiles in Cuba, a
country very close to USA in 1962.
However America could not
tolerate that as they feared their
enemy might retreat.

What could USA do?

Could you help President Kennedy
of USA make the decision?
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 The Crisis
On Sunday 14th October 1962,
an American U-2 spy plane flew over
Cuba. It took detailed photograph of the
missile sites. Military experts say that
the USSR is in charge of this.
Over the next two days, more
photos were captured. They described
that some sites were nearly finished but
others were still being built. Some of
the sites were already supplied with
missiles, others are awaiting them.
American spy planes reported 20 soviet
ships carrying missiles were on the way
to Cuba. The experts warned, the most
developed site could be ready to launch
missiles in only seven days.

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Image from US-Spy
Plane
Cuban Missiles Crisis Map

This map shows generally how

far the Cuban Missiles can hit
the America soil. As shown,
their missiles can travel up to
2000 miles causing massive
damage.

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 What should America do?
President Kennedy found it hard to make a decision. He needs your help. The
future of The USA is upon you. Please choose one of the following options to
continue.

Attack Cuba by
Do Nothing?
Air?
Invasion of
Cuba
Give USSR
Blockade on Cuba
Diplomatic
by Ships?
Pressure?
 Do Nothing?
You chose the wrong decision. If
President Kennedy did not do anything,
he would be threatened by USSR’s
missiles. Cuba would continue make or
store missiles which could destroy
almost all of the USA in 30 minutes
before the USA could respond or self-
defence.

Therefore…
 Attack Cuba by Air?
You chose the wrong decision. If
President Kennedy chose to attack Cuba
by air, the USSR might retaliate or
surprise attack the USA with missiles,
just like what Japan did at Pearl Harbor
on 7/8 December 1941.

Therefore…
 Invasion of Cuba?
You chose the wrong decision. If
President Kennedy chose to invade Cuba,
it would make the USSR angry and get
them involved. By doing so, you might
force them to use nuclear power. World
War III is definite.

Therefore…
 Give Diplomatic Pressure on
USSR?
You chose the wrong decision. If
President Kennedy chose to give
diplomatic pressure on USSR, he would
show the USSR the USA’s weakness.
The USSR would then force America
back down.

Therefore…
 Blockade on Cuba?
You chose the right decision. This is not
an act of war, also President Kennedy
chose this decision to burden
Khrushchev on what he would do next.

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 The Blockade
The blockade was a ban on the soviet
ships bringing further military supplies to
Cuba. The US Navy could stop and search
any soviet ship. The call for the USSR
withdraw was already in place.
What should the USA do next?
Please choose a solution.
Shoot down
Do Nothing
the Soviet ships
 Do Nothing
It is the right way forward. Blockade and
then do nothing will make Khrushchev
think what to do next. It would not anger
the USSR. So …

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Shoot Down the Soviet Ships
You chose the wrong decision. The navy
has just shot down the ship. The navy has
triggered the start of World War III by
angering the USSR.

Therefore…
 Game Over

You failed to choose the right

choice of action to stop the
Cuban Missile Crisis. Russia
has retaliated and used
missiles to attack the USA.

Try Again
 Game Over
You failed to choose the right
choice of action to stop the
Cuban Missile Crisis. USSR has
asked Cuba attack the USA. The
USA is now in ruins.

Try Again
 Game Over
You failed to choose the right
choice of action to stop the Cuban
Missile Crisis.

Try Again
 Instructions
Run through the slides, make your
choices as you go past! Continue if you
made the right choice, but if you made
the wrong choice, tough luck, try again!

Go back to
Start
 Congratulations
The USSR ships had back off from Cuba.
You have helped President Kennedy chose
the most important decision to stop the
Cuban missile crisis and addition to stop
World War III. Well done, you are a true
hero!

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