July in Focus

The events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis as the Soviet military buildup in Cuba gathered momentum exactly half a century ago.

BY RACHEL DOBBS | JULY 17, 2012

July 18, 1962

The Soviet cargo ship Divnogorsk departs for Cuba from Sevastopol, carrying equipment for the Soviet headquarters staff.

A third party of Soviet military advisers departs for Cuba by Il-18 plane to reconnoiter missile sites, arriving July 19.

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Rachel Dobbs is a research assistant with the Cuban Missile Crisis +50 project. You can follow the project on Twitter at @missilecrisis62.