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Cold War Timeline
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General Fulgencio Batista
General Fulgencio Batista used a coup d’état to Gain power over Cuba. -
Castro Invasion
They made publicity campaigns and geurilla warfare after there failed invasion. -
General Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba
General Fulgencio Batista fled because the loss of power, and the new rebellion against him -
Kennedy's election
A plan involving Cubans who fled Cuba and wanted to overthrow Castro to make life better. -
US Ends Ties with Cuba
By this time, all political and economic relations between the US and Cuba ended. -
Bay of Pigs
On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed force of 1,400 Cuban refugees landed at the swampy Bay of Pigs on Cuba’s southern coast. -
Before Cuban Missile Crisis
On October 23, 1961, a poll showed that one-fifth of Americans believed World War III was coming soon. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
intelligence reports noted a dramatic increase in the cooperation between Cuba and the Soviet Union. The CIA suspected these shipments included weapons. -
After Cold War
In 1965, a revolution threatened to overthrow the government of the Dominican Republic. The U.S. government feared that this revolution would result in a communist takeover, as it had in nearby Cuba. -
Damian Orloff
April 10, 2014
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