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Cuba in the Cold War

By Cotlon
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    Cuba during the Cold War

  • First meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev

    First meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev

    Was to try and improve relations between the Soviet Union and US.
  • Fidel Castro becomes premier leader of Cuba

    Fidel Castro becomes premier leader of Cuba

    Castro made Cuba a communist country. The US was trying to stop communism.
  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident

    A US spy plane, that was carrying an atomic bomb, was shot down over the Soviet Union and made it extremely tough for any hopes for improvement of relations between the Soviet Union and US.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    A failed invasion of Cuba by the United States.

  • Cause of the Bay of Pigs

    The main cause of the Bay of Pigs was to simply prevent communism anywhere near our country.
  • Leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis

    Leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Soviets doubled their shipments per month to Cuba and the US was certain that those shipments contained weapons.
  • Calling off the tension between Soviet Union and US

    Calling off the tension between Soviet Union and US

    Tension was stopped by peaceful exchanging of messages between President Jonh Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    October 18-29. The world waited as the US and Soviet Union were on the brink of having nuclear warfare, hoping for a peaceful solution.
  • Che Guevera

    Che Guevera

    Che Guevera met his death in 1967. He was chief instrument of world revolution.