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Cold War and Cuba

By Staysha Burgess

  • Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro
    Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

  • JFK

    JFK
    When John F. Kennedy became president.

  • JFK

    JFK
    President Kennedy authorized the invasion plan.

  • Presdient Kennedy

    Presdient Kennedy
    U.S intelligance discoverd evidence of a general Soviet arms build uo on cuba, including Soviet IL--28 bombers, during routine survelliance flights, and on September 4, 1962 President Kennedy issued public warning against the introduction of offensive weapons into Cuba.

  • Cuban Missile

    Cuban Missile
    The Cuban Missile War begins

  • Bay of the Pigs.

    Bay of the Pigs.
    just two months after the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a plane containng the first group of freed prisoners landed in the United States.

  • Made it illegal

    Made it illegal
    Prsident Kennedy made it illegal for almost all Americans to travel to Cuba.

  • Jupiter was removed

    Jupiter was removed
    Jupiter missiles were removed from Turkey

  • Cuban Missile

    Cuban Missile
    Comes to a close as Soviet Keader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove Russia missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise from the United Stetes to respect Cuba.