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Cuba In the Cold War
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Castro's Return
They returned to Cuba, in an invasion that they hoped would lead to a swift victory. The invasion failed, but the survivors hid in the mountains of Cuba and launched both a publicity campaign and guerrilla warfare operation. -
Took Control
Bastista fled Cuba, and Castro's group took control of the nation. -
John Kennedy
John Kennedy was elected president. He as presented with a decision. Under Eisenhower administration, the CIA had developed a plan to support an invasion of Cuba carrie out by a group of Cuban refugees. -
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All political and economic relations between the United States and Cuba had ended. -
Bay Of Pigs Invasion
A cuban force of 20,000 easlity overwhelmed the invaders, capturing about 1,100 men and imprisioning them. Eventually, the U.S. government secured the release of these prisoners by paying a ransom of $53 million in medicine and food. -
The Poll
A pill showed that 1/5 of Americans believed World War 3 was coming soon -
Cuba and the Soviet Union
Intelligence reports noted a dramatic increase in the cooperation between Cuba and the Soviet Union. Shipments of cargo from the Soviet unio to cuba increased dramatically through the year from and average of 14 per month to 28 per month in August and tehn 46 per month in September -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Marked the begining of somewhat friendlier relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Could have been used to attack the Soviet Union.
