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Cuba in the Cold War
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the CIA to train and arm a force of Cuban exiles for for an armed attack on Cuba. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Begins when a CIA-financed and trained group of Cuban refugees land in Cuba. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1,200 exiles, armed with American weapons and using American landing craft, plowed ashore -
Bay of Pigs
John F. Kennedy bcame president -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontaion between the Unites States and the Soviet Union -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A U2 spyplane discovers discovers missiles in Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The U.S begins discussions about invading Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The 13 day confrontation ends
