The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Notes
- American's supported a corrupt regime under Fulgencio Batista until the Cuban revolution in 1959
- Fidel Castro took over
- Aligned with the Soviets
- The Bay of Pigs ( failed invasion of Cuba )
- 1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba ( noticed by u2 spy planes )
- American's supported a corrupt regime under Fulgencio Batista until the Cuban revolution in 1959
- Fidel Castro took over
- Aligned with the Soviets
- The Bay of Pigs ( failed invasion of Cuba )
- 1962 Soviets begin to put Nuclear weapons into Cuba ( noticed by u2 spy planes )
Quote: "The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war; weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that - and who won't leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn't." - Arthur L. Herman
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