thirteen+days

Thirteen days Video notes

1.A american guy is flying over cuban territory spying on them

2.There is some sort of a cylinder that contains something possibly dangerous

3.A guy is looking at some sort of atom

4.The main characters wants danny's man put on the circuit

5.The soviets have supplied cuba with nuclear warheads

6.Bobby helps the president

7.Carter is the general

8.a U2 found out the cuban's have ballistic missiles

9.They don't believe the missiles are operational yet

10.the missiles could be ready in 10-14 days

11.If the missiles were launched they would only have a five minutes warning before impact

12.Robert is the secretary of defense

13.The us has 850 planes ready

14.The general person wants an invasion after the bombing so as to prevent any possibility of the soviets bringing in more missiles for the cubans

15.The president doesn't want a nuclear war

16.one of the presidents advisor like people want him to bomb the cuban missiles

17. They want the president to keep on with his schedule despite the problems at hand

18.Thursday October 18th they find out that te cubans have 40 missiles

19.The Soviets don't realize that the Americans know about the missiles

20.Castro spelled backwards is Ortsac

=Terms:=

blockade- act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

nuclear- denoting, relating to, or powered by the energy released in nuclear fission or fusion

invasion- instance of invading a country or region with an armed force

advisors- person who gives advice, typically someone who is expert in a particular field

military- of, relating to, or characteristic of soldiers or armed forces

refused- indicate or show that one is not willing to do something

happening-a n event or occurrence

agreement- harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling; a position or result of agreeing

medium- an agency or means of doing something

description-a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event

report- give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated

entire- with no part left out; whole

maintain-c ause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue

outbreak- the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome, such as war, disease

bomb- a container filled with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, gas, or other destructive substance, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a time mechanism, remote-control device, or lit fuse.

defense- the action of defending from or resisting attack

President John F.Kennedy- often referred to by his initials **JFK**, was the 35th President of The United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

Soviet Union- ormer federation of communist republics that occupied the northern half of Asia and part of eastern Europe; capital, Moscow. Created from the Russian empire in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Soviet Union was the largest country in the world.

United States- a country that occupies most of the southern half of North America as well as Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands; pop. 293,027,000; capital, Washington, D.C. Full name United States of America.

Cold War- a state of political hostility existing between countries, characterized by threats, violent propaganda, subversive activities, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular  • ( the Cold War ) the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the U.S.-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.

Cuban Missile Crisis- an international crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR. When the U.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the Soviet leader Khrushchev acceded to the U.S. demands a week later.

Premier Khrushchev- Khrushchev, Nikita (Sergeevich) (1894–1971), Soviet statesman; premier 1958–64. He came close to war with the U.S. over the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and also clashed with China, which led to his being ousted by Brezhnev and Kosygin.