Tuesday April 23rd

Bay of Pigs invasion-

  • Fidel Castro came to power and established a communist government. The United Stated CIA trained Cuban Exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro.
  • The exiles were hoping that Cuban citizens would help them and they did not
  • The US promised to assist the exiles, but we backed out.

Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Lasted for 13 days

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