Cuba in Cold War

  • Duck and Cover

    Duck and Cover

    Duck and Cover is a personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion, which the United States government taught to generations of United States school children from the early 1950s until the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s
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    Cold War

  • Moncada Assalt

    Moncada Assalt

    Secind largest military garrison in Cuba. Even though it was a failure it was credited to Fulgencio Batista the cuban dictator.
  • Castro

    Castro

    By 1956, Castro had been released and sent to Mexico.
  • Cuba  & Castro

    Cuba & Castro

    On January 1, 1959, Batista fled Cuba, and Castro’s group took control of the nation.
  • Peace Corps

    Peace Corps

    The Peace Corps is a program that sends thousands of Americans to developing countries to support projects in fields such as education and public health.
  • Operation Mongoose

    Operation Mongoose

    A code signal name for the mission ot get rid of Castro of communisim in Cuba.
  • President

    President

    After winning a close election, Democrat John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the U.S. president in 1961.
  • Bay of pigs

    Bay of pigs

    A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961.
  • Cuba missiles

    13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other side.