Operation Anadyr

Operation Anadyr
Date 1962 Location Cuba Result Cuban Missile Crisis
Belligerents
(no combat took place)	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
	Issa Pliyev Giorgi Abashvili
Strength
	47,000 troops, three R-12 missile regiments, two R-14 missile regiments

Operation Anadyr (Russian: Анадырь) was the code name used by the Soviet Union for its Cold War secret operation in 1962 of deploying ballistic missiles, medium-range bombers, and a division of mechanized infantry to Cuba to create an army group that would be able to prevent an invasion of the island by United States forces.^[1] The plan was to deploy approximately 60,000 personnel in support of the main missile force, which consisted of three R-12 missile regiments and two R-14 missile regiments. However, part of it was foiled when the United States discovered the plan, prompting the Cuban Missile Crisis.