By Peter Jacobsson

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Cuban Missile Crisis

• By Peter Jacobsson

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Bay of Pigs

• Bay of Pigs
• President John Kennedy made a secret assistance
  to anti-Castro rebels, these rebels were secretly
  trained and equipped by the CIA.
• The invasion took place of the Southern Coast of
  The Bay of Pigs.
• Castros forces were more disciplined and became
  strong because of it.
• This backfired of Kennedy and drove Castro closer
  with the Soviet Union.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

• Because of Castros fear of the US he and that
  they might attempt another invasion, his fear
  resulted in construction of a nuclear missile.

• The US found out about Cuba and their missiles
  when the flew U-2 spy planes over San Cristobal,
  the noticed that all of the missile launching
  pads were aimed at the US, President Kennedy
  immediately through a naval block around Cuba so
  the Soviets couldnt deliver any more weapons.

• President Kennedy also demanded that the Soviet
  remove all missiles and if they didnt the US
  would for them, after 13 tense days Soviet
  leaders submitted to the US demands.

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Key People

• President John Kennedy Secret assistance to
  anti-Castros rebels, were secretly trained by
  the CIA to invade the southern coast at the Bay
  of Pigs, this was because the Two American-owned
  Oil Companies refused to process fuel supplied by
  the Soviet Union. The US failed miserably,
  Castros forces were more organized, and
  disciplined which created a stronger defense.

• Fidel Castro along with his brother Raul began a
  campaign to over throw the Cuban government they
  spent only 11 months in prison, later on Cuban
  people begin to shift support to the
  revolutionaries. US reassessed the Barista
  regime, they realized they would be defeated and
  fled on New Years Eve, the same day the
  revolutionaries under Fidel Castro took over the
  Cuban government. By the end of 1959 Cuba
  clearly was leaning towards communism.

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1953- Castro Brothers spend 11 months in prison,
later on Cuban people began shifting towards the
revolutionaries. When US reassess Batista
regime, Batista realized almost certain defeat
and fled on New Years Eve. That same day
revolutionaries under Castro took over the Cuban
government.
1989 Berlin Wall was torn down.
1961- Berlin Wall was built
1962-Cuban Missile Crisis, afer the bay of Pigs,
Castro got nervous and had the Soviet Union
install nuclear missiles, American U-2s flew
over and found out that all of them were pointed
at the US. President Kennedy threw a naval
blockade and demanded that the Soviets remove the
missiles or the US would for them, they waited
13days and the Soviets submitted to Kennedys
demand.
1960- Cuban government ordered two American-owned
oil companies to process Soviet supplies, they
refused Soviets agreed to buy sugar when the US
refused to buy the Cuban sugar. Kennedy made a
secret assistance to anti-Castro rebels trained
them and invaded the Southern coast at the bay of
Pigs.
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Work Cited
Mozour, G. Anotole and John M. Peoples. World
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nmissile.jpg http//www.cia.gov/csi/monograph/firs
tln/955pres24.gif http//www.oceanbooks.com.au/pho
tolib/fidel1.jpg http//shs.westport.k12.ct.us/cha
rlie/bay_of_pigs_map.jpg