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Cuba in the Cold War_Leanna Ruffin SS1 4-11-14
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Coup of Cuban Government
Through the 1950's the U.S. cooperated with the Cuban Government. The Government was headed by General Fulgencio Batista. (Batista was a military dictator and was known for corruption and bad treatment of his enemies). In a coup, General Batista had taken over the Cuban government. ****Coup- a sudden violent overthrow of the government. -
Castro's first resolution attempt
Batista's coup was before an election. Fidel Castro was a canidate in the election. After, Castro became a communist and attemped his own revolution, which was his reaction to Batista's coup. This revolution attempt failed and Castro was sent to jail. -
Castro continues his revolutionary attempts.
Fidel Castro was released from jail and sent to Mexico. In Mexico Castro resumed his revolutionary efforts. He had a group of about 80 followers. -
Cuba invasion by Castro
Castro and his group of 80 followers return to Cuba. It was an invasion. They hoped this invasion would be a quick victory, but instead the invasion failed. The survivers hid in the mountains of Cuba. -
Fleeting of Batista
After Castro tried to invade Cuba and the survivors hid in the mountains they started both Gurilla warfare and publicity campaign. The publicity made a promise for just a government by replacing the brutality and the corruption of the Batista regime. Castro's group had grown to about 800 and Batista gradually lost support. Batista finally fled from Cuba and Castro's group took control. -
Relations with Cuba ended
Castro broke his promise and started to implement communist policies. The hostility to the U.S. caused Castro to turn to the Soviet Union as a military ally and a trade partner. Also, he made a promise to support communist revolutions throughout the Western Hemisphere. U.S. finally ended all political and economic relations between themselves and Cuba. -
Cont. Bay of the Pigs
...when they finally let them go after the U.S paid a 53 million dollar ransom in medicine and food. -
Bay of Pigs
In 1960 John Kennedy was elected. He was then presented with a decision. When Eisenhower was in office the CIA had supported a plan to invade Cuba.In March of 1960 the CIA began to train ppeople who opposed Castro. The operation was to be kept secret, but was not kept as they hoped. Still, April 17 the CIA-backed force of 1,400 Cuban refugees landed on Cuba's southern coast at the Swampy Bay of Pigs. Cuba had a force of 20,000 who easily captured 1,100 of the invaders. They imprisoned these men, -
Cooperation between Cuba and Soviet Union
Intellegence reports show the cooperation between Soviet Union and Cuba increase dramaticly. Shipments of cargo increased from the Soviet to Cuba and the number of Soviet technicians and military personal increased in Cuba, -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Consist of the headings Cuba has Missiles, Removal of Missiles, and The settlement. -
Cuba has Missiles
In September, of 1962, flyovers showed photographs that showed improvements being made at certain missile-launching sites, in Cuba. The knowledge the U.S. had of the Soviet's technology led a conclusion that the sites had been modified to launch intermediate-range missiles, which could carry nuclear weapons and reach the U.S. CIA saw this as a sign that Soviet Union was going to use Cuba as a Base to launch attacks against the U.S. By the 15th, the administratoions knew for certain that Cuba.. -
Cont. Cuba has Missiles
had the launching capacity and the missiles to attack the U.S. It was, however, unknown when the attack might occur. Kennedy, the president of the U.S., along with his advisors were considering several responses to the attack, if it occured. -
Removal of Missiles
President Kennedy issued a formal demand that the missiles be removed from Cuba to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. A television speech announcing the U.S. had indisputable evidence that Cuba had offensive missiles was made by Kennedy. He also announced that he was imposing a blockade "on all offensive military equipment." -
The Settlement
The situation, Cuban Missile Crisis, was tense and continued for a week. Several messages were exchanged between Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Premier. Both stood its ground, but both were also unwilling to start a war. An agreement was finally made on the 28th, when Khrushchev agreed to quit sending missiles to Cuba and return those in Cuba back to the Soviet Union. He also agreed to dismantle the missile launching sites. Kennedy, in return, promised the U.S. would not invade Cuba and.. -
Cont. The Settlement
..secretly agreed to remove the nuclear-armed missiles in Turkey. -
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
The U.S., USSR, and over 100 other nations signed a treaty. The treaty, Nuclear Test-Ban treaty, banned the testing of nuclear weapons except underground.
