It saw a blockade to prevent shipments, and it ended with the withdrawal of weapons from Italy and Turkey as well as the namesake country.
This incident was precipitated by the activities of Operation Mongoose, and saw the downing of a U-2 from Dvina fire. The UN secretary-general U Thant was used as a go-between in negotiations, and afterwards the Hotline Agreement was signed. It saw a blockade to prevent shipments, and it ended with the withdrawal of weapons from Italy and Turkey as well as the namesake country. Sparked by the construction of several weapons deployment sites, for 10 points name this incident precipitated by Fidel Castro's rise to power, which occurred in 1962.
This incident was precipitated by the activities of Operation Mongoose, and saw the downing of a U-2 from Dvina fire.
{Cuban Missile Crisis}