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Castro takes control of Cuba
Web linkFidel Castro assumes control of Cuba, this coming shortly after the Cuban revolution. Castro at the time was a up and coming nationalist leader, who led a squad of mercenaries into the Cuban Capital of Havana. By doing this, Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista. At that time, Batista was a Cuban president who was supported by the American government. -
The ending and starting of alliances
Cuba publicly confirms it’s alliance with USSR and exactly two weeks later the United States ends all political relations with Cuba. -
United States Invades Bay of pigs
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With a group of about 1,500 Cuban Exiles trained by the CIA would begin a futile effort to retake the Bay of Pigs after Fidel Castro had taken control of the country in January of 1959. However, U.S. led forces were defeated in less than three days and they were forced to surrender -
Problems with the US and CUBA video
This video explains the problems US and CUBA were having around the cuban missile crisis. -
A Big Flight
A United States U-2 aircraft took several pictures clearly showing sites for medium and intermediate range nuclear missiles were under construction in Cuba. The missile construction was evidence of an agreement between USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban leader Fidel Castro to construct nuclear weaponry on several Soviet Union sites in Cuba to serve a protection from a United States. -
The Meeting
Just three days after the failed U.S. invasion of the Bay of Pigs, President John F. Kennedy meets with USSR foreign minister Andrei Gromyko. Gromyko states that the militaristic and weaponry aid the the Soviets are providing to Cuba is purely for protection. He also tells Kennedy that the missiles pose no threat to the United States. -
Kennedy's Quarintine Speach
On October 22 at 7:00 pm EDT, President Kennedy broadcasted a nation-wide televised speech on all of the large TV networks announcing the discovery of the missiles in cuba. -
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
A little less than a week after the Crisis began, United States congressional leaders are notified that the CIA has undercovered further photographic evidence that clearly shows Soviet missiles ready for launch on Cuban soil. -
Unsettled Seas
United States Secretary of state Adlai Stevenson seeks a solution when he asks for help from the United Nations. Meanwhile, in order to enforce the quarantine Kennedy has imposed on Cuba, U.S. Naval Fleets are blockaded around Cuba However, Soviet ships headed for the Cuban Peninsula stop except for one ship with military supplies continues to travel to Cuba.
