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Cuba in the cold war
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Batistas return to power
Batistas returns to power in 1952 -
Revolution fail
Castro attempte to create a revolution. He later goes to jail for it. -
Cuba taken over
Fidel castro takes over cuba -
Training for Bay of Pigs
The CIA trained people who oppose castro for the assault. -
Bay of pigs
The CIA back forced 1,400 cuban refugees that landed at the swampy bay of pigs. The cuban force of 20,000 captured 1,100 men from the U.S. The U.S. later had to give a ransom of $53 million in medicine and food. -
Cuban missles found
The U.S had spotted the missle site with their spy planes. -
Cuban missles
By this day, the U.S. knew about the missles in cuba. These missles were to be used to attcak the U.S -
Cuba to not be attacked
On this day, the U.S promised not to attack cuba
