Cuba in The Cold War Zachary Perry SS1 4/9/14

By Zachary_Perry
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    Cuba in The Cold War

  • Fidel Castro Revolution Attempt

    Fidel Castro Revolution Attempt

    Fidel Castro had made his forst revolution attempt. It had failed and he was sent to jail.
  • John F. Kennedy Elected President

    John F. Kennedy Elected President

    John F. Kennedy is elected to be president over Richard Nixon. He had promised to fight the Cold War aggresively.
  • Bay of Pigs Operation

    Bay of Pigs Operation

    CIA backed force 1,400 Cuban refugees and landed at the swampy bay. A Cuban force of 20,00o men imprisoned them. The U.S payed a ransom of 53 million dollars in medicine and food.
  • Photo Evidence of Missiles in Cuba

    Photo Evidence of Missiles in Cuba

    U-2 planes bring in updated photos of flyovers over Cuba. Now at this point, more missile sites are being discovered.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The U.S had confirmed that Cuba had missile launch sites. With a launching conpacity to attack the United States.

  • Kennedy Demands that Missiles Be Removed

    Kennedy issues a formal demand to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev that the missiles be removed from Cuba. On television that night, Kennedy annouced evidence of missiles being discovered in Cuba.
  • Khrushchev Agrees to Send Missiles back

    Khrushchev Agrees to Send Missiles back

    Khrushchev agrees to stop sending missiles to Cuba. Any missiles already in Cuba would be sent directly back to the Soviet Union.
  • Telegraph Line for both countries

    Telegraph Line for both countries

    A direct telegraph line was invented for both countries. So now they could send messages fast to each other.