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Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis - Coggle Diagram
Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Key Characters
Jose Perez San Roman
Led the rebels in the Bay of Pigs Invasion
35th President of the USA John F Kennedy
Signed off on the invasion of Cuba.
Wanted to maintain plausible deniability for the invasion, which caused him to choose to invade the Bay of Pigs over invading from Nicaragua.
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel A Castro Ruz
Was the first Secretary of the Communist State of Cuba
Crushed the Bay of Pigs Invasion, which prompted him to ally with the USSR.
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Gave Castro access to nuclear weapons to counteract the US moving weapons to countries like Italy and Turkey.
The Invasion
Following Fidel Castro's takeover of Cuba, the US government were against his methods, with 34th President Eisenhower planning an invasion into Cuba to end his reign.
Before he could invade, Eisenhower's term ended and the burden of this issue was placed on the new president John F Kennedy (JFK).
Pressured by the US citizens and not wanting to look weak, JFK went forward with the attack.
With JFK's plan of attack, on April 17th, 1961, 1,500 rebels charged the Bay of Pigs, only to be completely outnumbered and outgunned, leading to a decisive victory for Fidel Castro.
Only a few rebels escaped, with nearly 1,200 rebels captured, and almost 200 were killed,
The Crisis
Following his victory in the Bay of Pigs, Castro sought to become allied with the USSR.
Once allied, the construction of nuclear missiles began in Cuba.
In an attempt to stop the missiles' construction, the US formed a naval blockade, saying to the Soviets that it was merely for quarantine.
From October 16, 1962 – October 29, 1962, a tense stalemate was formed that almost led to the use of nuclear missiles.
Eventually, two diplomats, Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, reached a compromise. In turn for the Soviet Union removing the nukes from Cuba, the US had to remove their nukes in Italy and Turkey.
