bay of pigs and cuban missile crisis
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Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis. Fidel Castro. 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became leader of Cuba Castro quickly formed an alliance with the Soviet Union, and declared Cuba communist. Bay of Pigs. US disliked Castro and felt threatened due to his communist ties - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bay of Pigs Bay of Pigs and and
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis
Fidel CastroFidel Castro
1959, Fidel Castro 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became Batista and became leader of Cubaleader of Cuba
Castro quickly Castro quickly formed an alliance formed an alliance with the Soviet with the Soviet Union, and declared Union, and declared Cuba communistCuba communist
Bay of PigsBay of Pigs
US disliked Castro US disliked Castro and felt threatened and felt threatened due to his due to his communist tiescommunist ties
April 1961, 1,400 April 1961, 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban CIA-trained Cuban exiles landed at the exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs in CubaBay of Pigs in Cuba
Plan was to Plan was to assassinate Castroassassinate Castro
Bay of PigsBay of Pigs
Castro had learned of the planned Castro had learned of the planned invasion and his troops were waiting invasion and his troops were waiting when the exiles landedwhen the exiles landed
Castro’s troops quickly destroyed the Castro’s troops quickly destroyed the Cuban exiles and the assassination Cuban exiles and the assassination attempt was a complete disasterattempt was a complete disaster
Embarrassment to the US and Embarrassment to the US and President Kennedy, in particularPresident Kennedy, in particular
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis
October 1962, A US October 1962, A US spy plane flying spy plane flying over Cuba spotted over Cuba spotted Soviet missile padsSoviet missile pads
This posed an This posed an immediate threat to immediate threat to the US due to the US due to Cuba’s close Cuba’s close proximity to the US proximity to the US (90 miles south of (90 miles south of Florida)Florida)
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy formed a Kennedy formed a team of advisors to team of advisors to formulate a planformulate a plan
Bobby Kennedy-Bobby Kennedy-Attorney GeneralAttorney General
Robert McNamara-Robert McNamara-Secretary of Secretary of DefenseDefense
Dean Rusk- Dean Rusk- Secretary of StateSecretary of State
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis Decided to initiate a Decided to initiate a
naval quarantine naval quarantine (blockade) of Cuba (blockade) of Cuba to prevent more to prevent more missiles from missiles from entering entering
Also decided to Also decided to make a deal with make a deal with Khrushchev (leader Khrushchev (leader of USSR) to of USSR) to dismantle missiles dismantle missiles already in Cubaalready in Cuba
Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis Kennedy agreed Kennedy agreed
to:to:1.1. Never invade CubaNever invade Cuba2.2. Dismantle US Dismantle US
missiles in Turkeymissiles in Turkey Khrushchev Khrushchev
agreed to:agreed to:1.1. Dismantle missiles Dismantle missiles
in Cubain Cuba2.2. Allow UN Allow UN
inspection in Cubainspection in Cuba
Crisis AvertedCrisis Averted
Cuban Missile Cuban Missile Crisis was the Crisis was the closest the US has closest the US has come to a nuclear come to a nuclear attackattack
John F. Kennedy’s John F. Kennedy’s greatest foreign greatest foreign policy successpolicy success