THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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The Soviet Union’s forces withdrew from Cuba.
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China entered the Korean War.
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The Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba.
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The United States bombed Cuba.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The disaster at the Bay of Pigs had a lasting impact on the Kennedy administration. Determined to make up for the failed invasion, the administration initiated Operation Mongoose-a plan to sabotage and destabilize the Cuban government and economy, which included the possibility of assassinating Castro.
Detailed explanation-2: -Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis The Soviets removed their missiles from Cuba. America promised that they would not invade Cuba. America secretly removed their missiles from Turkey in 1963.
Detailed explanation-3: -After much debate in his administration Kennedy authorized a clandestine invasion of Cuba by a brigade of Cuban exiles. The brigade hit the beach at the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961, but the operation collapsed in spectacular failure within 2 days.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. Since 1959, officials at the U.S. State Department and the CIA had attempted to remove Castro.
Detailed explanation-5: -The ultimate effect of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to strengthen support for Castro’s government, to accelerate Castro’s ties with the Soviet Union, and to lead the Soviets, in October 1962, to begin to station nuclear weapons on Cuba.