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Bay of Pigs
President Eisenhower had given the CIA permission to train Cuban exiles in secret to prepare for an invasion of Cuba. They hoped it would trigger a mass uprising so that Castro, who had came to power because of a promise of democracy (but turned to the Soviets instead), would be kicked out of power. After Kennedy came to power he found out about this plan and approved it, even though he had doubts. In 1961, over a thousand Cuban exiles with US military landed on Cuba's southern coast at Bahia -
Berlin Wall
a concrete wall with barbed wire that separated Berlin in two and was caused over the US and Soviet Union confrontation over Berlin. Many had fled to West Berlin because it was free from Communist rule, but that threatened the countries economy. Nikita wanted to do something about this problem, so we brought together a meeting in Vienna, Austria, where he threatened to sign a treaty with East Germany that would enable the country to close all the access roads to West Berlin. Kennedy refused to -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Castro's ally in Moscow (Nikita Khrushchev) promised to defend Cuba with Soviet. Flow of Soviet weapons to Cuba, including nuclear missiles, increased. Photos by American planes showed the Soviet missile base in Cuba that was ready to be launched. Kennedy told the public of this and promised to destroy the missiles. The US prepared to quarantine Cuba and prevent more missile filled ships from coming near it. Soviet ships stopped to avoid confrontation at sea. Then Nikita offered missiles in retu
