Cuba in the Cold War by matthew

By matthewraynor1
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  • Cuba Training for bay of pigs

    Cuba Training for bay of pigs
    President Eisenhower approved the program in March 1960. The CIA set up training camps in Guatemala, and by November the operation had trained a small army for an assault landing and guerilla warfare.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    John F. Kennedy was briefed on a plan by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) developed during the Eisenhower administration to train Cuban exiles for an invasion of their homeland.
    The goal was to overthrow Castro and the establishment of a non-communist government friendly to the United States.

  • Cuban Attack Failed

    Cuban Attack Failed
    The attack failed because of the selection of a poor landing site, inability to disable the Cuban Air Force and overestimation of the Cuban people’s willingness to support a strike against Castro. The diplomatic fallout from the failed Bay of Pigs invasion was considerable and led to an increase of cold war tensions.

  • Cuban Missle Crisis Date

    Cuban Missle Crisis Date
    For thirteen days in October 1962 the world waited—seemingly on the brink of nuclear war—and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    A American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba.
    After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba.

  • The Arm Race

    The aim of this "quarantine," as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites. On October 22, President Kennedy spoke to the nation about the crisis in a televised address.

  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
    n his commencement address at American University, President Kennedy urged Americans to reexamine Cold War stereotypes and myths and called for a strategy of peace that would make the world safe for diversity. Two actions also signaled a warming in relations between the superpowers: the establishment of a teletype "Hotline" between the Kremlin and the White House and the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on July 25, 1963.

  • Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations

    The Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations authorized the CIA to come up with ways to remove him: attempts were made to poison him, anticommunist groups inside Cuba were actively supported, and a radio station beamed slanted news at the island from Florida. The CIA even contacted the mafia about working together to assassinate Castro. Nothing worked.