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The Bay of Pigs Invasion

The Bay of Pigs Invasion. & The Cuban Missile Crisis. Mrs. Cavell Honors History. ?Who?. John F Kennedy Fidel Castro Nikita Khrushchev. John F Kennedy. US president elected 1960 Berlin wall built in the first year of his term Assassinated in 1963

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The Bay of Pigs Invasion

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  1. The Bay of Pigs Invasion & The Cuban MissileCrisis Mrs. Cavell Honors History

  2. ?Who? • John F Kennedy • Fidel Castro • Nikita Khrushchev

  3. John F Kennedy • US president elected 1960 • Berlin wall built in the first year of his term • Assassinated in 1963 • New Frontier program 1961(space exploration)

  4. Fidel Castro • Over through the Cuban government 1959 • Became communist leader in 1960 • First Communist State in west

  5. Nikita Khrushchev • Russia leader from 1953 to 1964 • Joined communist party in 1918 • Died on Sept. 11, 1971 • Born April 5, 1894 • Denounced Stalin and his Methods

  6. ?What?When?Where? The Bay of Pigs The Cuban Missile Crisis

  7. The Bay of Pigs Background • Summer 1960, President Eisenhower gave CIA permission to train Cuban exiles in an invasion of Cuba • Kennedy learned of the plan 9 days after being sworn in as President

  8. CIA Encourages Kennedy The mission failed! Kennedy publicly accepted the blame but privately was furious with the CIA! • On April 17, 1961, President Kennedy on advice from CIA officials agrees to the Bay of Pigs invasion • US Air Force had provided support two days prior to the land invasion • Failed to knockout Cuban Air Force • The 1,400 Cuban exiles faced 20,000 Cuban soldiers

  9. The Cuban Missile Crisis • Oct.16, 1962 photos reveal Soviets building missile sights in Cuba • On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy delivers a speech to the US about the presence of nuclear missiles and his plan to remove them. Any hostile action from Cuba would require the US to attack Soviet Union. • Options: negotiate with Khrushchev, invade Cuba, blockade Cuba, bomb missile sights

  10. Crisis Avoided • For 6 tense days Soviet ships headed towards Cuba. • The US amassed 200, 000 soldiers in Florida and the US Navy blockaded Cuba so that no ship could get within 500 miles of it. • The Soviet ships halted suddenly to avoid confrontation with the US. • Khrushchev agrees to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for not invading Cuba

  11. Kennedy’s Map of Cuba

  12. I Love You Man!

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