What the records say
- When
- 1962
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 22.00° N, 79.50° W
- Description
- 1962 Soviet military operation that preceded the Cuban Missile Crisis
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la décision de déployer des missiles à Cuba (opération Anadyr) est adoptée par l’état-major soviétique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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