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Period: to
Cuba In The Cold War
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President Flees
President Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba and Castro assumes power -
Fidel Castro New President
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Deploy Nuclear Missiles
US deploys fifteen nuclear missiles to Turkey who is NATO member and borders Soviet Union -
Cuba and Soviet Union Establish Relations
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US Ends Foreign Aid to Cuba
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Soviet Union Buys Cuban Sugar
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Soviet Union sides with Cuba
Soviet Union supports Cuba in dispute with US over Guatanamo Bay Military Base -
Let's Assassinate
US plans to assassinate Fidel Castro -
US/Cuba end Diplomatic Relations
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Bay of pigs invasion
1400 Cuban exiles launched attack at the Bay of Pigs on the South Coast of Cuba -
US Behind the Soviet Union
US in "missile gap" with Russia, by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gilpatric. Stated US is dangerously behind Soviet Union in its nucular capabilities -
Overthrow Cuba
President Kennedy plans overthrow of Cuban government -
OPERATION MONGOOSE
Overthro Communist regime -
Turkey Missiles
US missiles in Turkey become operational -
Accept Deployment
Cuba accepts deployment of nuclear weapons from Soviet union officials -
Movement of cargo ships
US learns of movement of cargo ships from the Black and Baltic seas to Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
US puts Naval blockade to Cuba against Soviet Union to prevent them from bringing in more military suppliles
Lasted 13 days -
Crisis comes to a end
