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Nazi-Soviet pact signed
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Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades the Soviet Union -
Period: to
Truman Presidency
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Eisenhower presidency - 1961
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Castro seizure of power
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Eisenhower response to Castro - 1960
Boycotts
Economic pressure
Embargos exports to Cuba except medicine & food
attempting to force Castro to change policies -
Castro turns to USSR for economic aid
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Kennedy presidency - 1963
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Bay of Pigs
Ended up failing -
Castro declares himself as Marxist Leninist
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Khrushchev authorizes nuclear missiles in Cuba
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Johnson presidency - 1968