Cuban Missile Crisis Infographic

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

The US government will say that Fidel joining forces with the Soviet Union and the USSR placing missiles in Cuba facing towards the majority of American mainland. The US feared that the Soviet Unions was having a growing influence in the Western Hemisphere.

US'S VIEW

The Soviets woud say that the cuban missile crisis happened because they wrre forced to put missiles in Cuba as a form of retaliation against US's inderect threats of mass destruction.

SOVIET'S VIEW

WHAT WAS GOING ON IN CUBA?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a crucial even in US history which was the closest the world had gotten to global nuclear war. It was the turning point in the Cold war and was the main catalyst for changes on nuclear plans and arm control agreements.

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

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CUBAN REVOLUTION

The Cuban Revolution was a regime led by Fidel Castro spanning form 1953-59, in order to overthrowm the authoritarian government led by Basista. During July 1953, Fidel and his mean infiltrated the Monoca barracks to start an armed revolution against Batista. His following grew and by November 1956, Fidel along wiht his men, including Che Guecara set out and began a "guerilla campaign" against Batista, over the next two years. Castro's revolution truimphs overthrowing Batista and is US-backed governmetn and is appointed the Prime Minister of Cuba.

U.S.-backed Cuban exiles captured during the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba, 1961.

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Growing tensions ensued between Cuba and the US following Castro overthrowing a US backed authority (Batista) and sharing the same ideals with the Soviet Union. Castro began putting heavy taxes on US import and taking control of foriegn assests. To retaliate, the Eisenhower administration enforces an embargo trade on Cuba. Eventually cutting all diplomatic ties with Cuba. This leads to Cuba having an allyship with the Sovviet Union and the incasion of Cuba during the Kennedy presidency.

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Soviet vs. US

The Soviets found that stationing the missiles in Cuba was a necessary response t to US military missiles being placed in both Italy and Turkey. This posed a major threat to the Soviet Union because the two countries border the Soviet Union and meant they needed to up their arms which were significanlty less than the US's. Sending a message like this was most important because Kruschev and the Soviet government were under pressure for being severly behind in the nuclear presense.

The US made it a point to retaliate after missiles were placed in Cuba because they feared thier image as a powerful domineering powerwas being undermined by the Soviets. USSR missiles being pointed directly at American soil so close emerges a perception as a direct challenge to American power and Soviet agression. They also feared that the presence of missiles would cause and uproar leading them to the brink of nuclear destruction. This lead JFK to make public address the Soviet Union.

US vs. Soviet

The video displayed above shows they complete adress of JFK pertaining to the Cuban Missle Crisis. He disclosed to the public that the Soviet Union has been secrelty deploying military grade missiles to Cuba, to pose a threat to the United States. He urges Kruschev to deter from any other froms of agression. He also explains how using a quaratining method of Cuba's trading channels in order to stop more shipments from the Soviet Union.

IN THE END:

By October 28,1962, Kruschev had surrender and dismantles the missiles. In agreement, JFK later followed suit by taking down the US missile sites in Turkey. Their following agreements were to not have US invade Cuba. Later the tension between the two countries lessened.

• https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis#:~:text=But%20the%20leaders%20of%20both,States%20not%20to%20invade%20Cuba.
• https://www.britannica.com/event/Bay-of-Pigs-invasion
• https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis
• https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-cuba-relations
• https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ea/17739.htm#:~:text=In%20November%201961%20Kennedy%20approved,range%20nuclear%20missiles%20into%20Cuba.

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Operation Mongoose

The failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion and establish a non-communist government in Cuba, led to the Kennedy approved, CIA governed plan called Operation Mongoose. This operation was put in place to establish a rebellion in Cuba to verthrow Castro. The top priority of this plan was to get rid of Castro. It was even rumored to be that President Kennedy payed of some of the mob to asassinate Castro. The operation mostly consisted of gather intel on Castro's regime and Cuba has a whole. This eventually led to the discovery of Russia's secret plans of deploying missiles in Cuba. This information became the main catalyst for the most nerve-wracking event in world history known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The video avbove goes into more detail about the infamous Kennedy approved plane to "get rid of Castro."