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the early 1950s
in the 1950's the U.S. work together withe the cuban government -
Castro tries to revolt
Castro tries to relovt in Cuba and it fails. -
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cuba and the cold war
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FIdel Castro's revolution succeeds
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Castro took over cuba
Batista fled cuba and Castro's men took a hold of cuba. -
CIA began training Cuban refugees for an assault on castro
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Bay of Pigs
the U.S. had to pay a ransom of 53 million dollars for the freedom of 1,100 men. -
cuban missile crisis
Cuba started getting shipments from the Soviets, the CIA suspected that the shipment included weapons. -
U.S. started using U-2 spy planes