This week we talk about that GCSE History favourite, the Cuban Missile Crisis. What happened in the lead up to it? What happened in those fateful 13 days? Could it happen again? 

As always, here are our sources: 

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/cuban-missile-crisis

https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis

The combined efforts of the history teachers of Archbishop Ilsley School and Springwood High School