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The Cold War began with the atomic bomb test at the end of WWII and ended with the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union
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Fidel Castro lead a movement to overthrow Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.
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Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the elected President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944. He served as a dictator from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution. Prior to being president he was an army sergant. Batista was "American friendly" so we supported his reign. He was openly anti-communist and promised to preserve realtions with other countries, improve the lives of Cuban people, and create country wide works projects.
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We broke off ties with Cuba to show how seriously we were taking Castro's new regime and communism. We stopped all exports to Cuba that were not food or medicine. While we wanted to ensure the well being of the people (and prevent another rebel group from uprising) we still wanted our point to be clear about how we were going to handle the new leader.
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We nvaded on April 17, 1961. It did not go well. Although the Cuban air force was damaged by early air strikes, there were still planes left to attack the invaders. Once the invasion started, it took too long for the troops and ammunition to get off the ships. But we had more issues then just that. Many of our paratroopers chickned out or took far too long to deploy.
Cuban rebel forces, with the backing of the United States, attempt to overthrow Castro's government. The rebels are defeated. -
In 1961 Cuba resisted an armed invasion by about 1,500 CIA trained Cuban rebels at the Bay of Pigs
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