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founded videos and other evidence just says 1956 -
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Castro revolution succeeds
Castro had been released and sent to Mexico. There, he resumed his revolutionary effort with a group of about 80 followers. They returned to Cuba, in December 1956, 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 operations. -
Fidel Castro and Cuba
Batista fled Cuba, and Castro’s group took control of the nation. -
Bay of Pigs
The CIA-backed force of 1,400 Cuban refugees landed at the swampy Bay of Pigs on Cuba’s southern coast -
The United States takes action
The U.S. navy sent submarines and warships to the Caribbean to establish the blockade, cutting off shipments from the Soviet Union to Cuba. The air force ordered 22 planes into the air to prepare for the possibility that Cuba would launch an immediate attack. In response, the Soviets sent their own warships, submarines, and aircraft to patrol and observe the area. At the time, neither the U.S. nor USSR forces knew what the other intended to do -
The Cuban Missle Crisis
the administration knew with certainty that Cuba had the missiles and the launching capacity to attack the United States. -
US leaders analyze cuban intelligence
The administration knew with certainty that Cuba had the missiles and the launching capacity to attack the United States.