Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union, when American
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Missile Parade Moscow 1964
Adlai Stevenson shows missiles to UN Security Council with David Parker standing
Cubacrisis 17 Oct 1962
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion, also known as Playa Girón in Cuba, after the beach where the battle took place, was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the
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…in Italy and Turkey. All were within range of Moscow. The US had also trained a paramilitary force of Cuban expatriates, for a CIA-led attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow its government in April 1961. Starting in November of that year, the US government engaged in a violent campaign of terrorism and sabotage…
Counterattack by Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces near Playa Girón on 19 April 1961
Provisional President of Cuba Manuel Urrutia with rebel leaders Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, 1959
Cuban Army officer Huber Matos after his arrest, being transported to La Cabaña
The ship La Coubre after exploding in the Havana harbor, 1960. Shortly afterward, Castro would deem the explosion a result of American sabotage, worsening US–Cuba relations.