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March 1960
the day President Eisenhower gave the CIA permission to get prepared for the invasion of Bay of Pigs. The CIA and the exiles hoped it would trigger a mass uprising that would overthrow Castro. The plan was to overthrow Fidel Castro out of the government. They would send about 1,300 to 1,500 soldiers to sneak up on Castro and his men. -
April 17, 1961
On April 17, 1961, about 1,500 C.I.A.-trained Cuban exiles began the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. In what would become a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. The Marxist revolutionary who had seized power in January 1959. -
Summer of 1962
The Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Cuba’s Castro, were allies. And the Soviet Union promised to defend Cuba with soviet arms. During this summer the flow of weapons from the Soviet Union to Cuba dramatically increased. Kennedy responded by warning that America would not tolerate nuclear offense from Cuba. This put the U.S and the Soviet Union farther apart. -
October 14, 1962
This was the day when the Cuban crises missile began, When a U.S air spy plane captured photos of median rage missile in Cuba. The U.S was certain that the missiles and the materials were from the Soviet Union. The real beginning of the crises can be traced back to turkey, when the U.S placed missiles in turkey that could hit many of the major populated places in Russia. The world was on the break of a nuclear war. -
October 22, 1962
On October 22nd, 1962, Kennedy informed the US of the existence of Soviet missile sites in and Cuba. He also told the nation of his plan to remove them. He made it very clear that any missile attack from Cuba would trigger and all-out attack on the Soviet Union. For the next few days, the world faced the terrifying possibility of nuclear war. -
October 24, 1962
On October 24th, 1962, Kennedy implemented a naval “quarantine” of Cuba, blocking Soviet ships from reaching the island. Because the US made plans to quarantine Cuba and attack any Soviet ships that tried to come near, the Soviets soon backed off and Krushchev offered to remove the missiles in return for an American pledge not to invade Cuba. The US also secretly agreed to remove missiles from Turkey. The leaders agreed, and the crisis ended. -
October 25, 1962
Soviet ships came closer to the American blocade. Americans assumed they were filled with nuclear warheads. As they approached America and Soviet got closer and closer to a nuclear warfare. However, Soviet ships approaching Cuba come to a halt. -
October 28, 1962
the Secretary of State reflects on this day, "we are eyeball to eyeball, and the other fellow just blinked". Khrushchev announces plan to remove missles from Cuba. Also, at this time Kennedy agreed to remove all missles Turkey wer. A forshadowed World War III was thankfully avoided.
