Soviet Union : The Cold War

When John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, gave the orders to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro, America was expecting a victory. The American population expected Cuba to be destroyed. They thought Cuba could not stand up to the United States. What they didn’t expect was that Cuba would put up a fight. The Bay of Pigs invasion was a deciding factor in the Cold War that gave Cuba and the Soviet Union strength, and decreased morale and confidence in the Americans.

In an effort to end Castro's government once and for all, President Kennedy gave the approval for the Bay of Pigs invasion, which seemed like a surefire way to defeat Castro’s government. In this invasion, Kennedy covertly hired 1,400 Cuban exiles from the United States to wage an all-out war against Castro. However, this plan utterly failed, with Castro defeating the Cuban exiles and Kennedy being exposed for ordering such an attack. This failed invasion also spurred the Cuban government to allow the Soviet Union to place nuclear missiles in Cuba, playing right into Soviet interests. Premier Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union during this time, quickly seized this opportunity to stealthily send more than 40 nuclear missiles to Cuba, which gave them the capability of accurately hitting vital American targets, such as Washington, D.C., and New York City, while also protecting their fellow communists in

As tensions increased between Cuba and the U.S., President John F Kennedy ordered the invasion on the evening of April 17th, 2017. The plan was to fly in around 1400 train cuban exiles undetected, launch attacks on Castro's forces, and overthrow the government with the hopes that the Cuban population would rise upa nd join in on the revolution. However, what some describe as a “Perfect failure”, was a flawed plan from the start. Due to the size of the invasion, the CIA eventually admitted that the operation in fact might be “too large to be clandestine and too small to be successful.” (http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion) The bay of Pigs invasion was, and still is, one of the biggest mistakes in American foreign policy history and can be attributed to the shear poor planing of the operation. Because Castro received word of the invasion, U.S. strategic moves were compromised, like the bombing of Cuban airfields, that of which had no aircrafts because Castro had relocated them. Other examples of poor planning played into the failure of the operation, such as the sinking of supply ships due to coral reefs and backup paratroopers missing their drop locations. Due to the disastrous nature of the operation, Castro's army soon had the fighters pinned down, where around 100 were killed and over 1,000 were taken prisoner. The kennedy administration would face

Operation Zapata, or as it is more commonly known, the Bay of Pigs, was the failed invasion of Cuba by U.S. supported Cuban exiles. This was in response to military dictator, Fidel Castro’s military coup of Cuba in 1959. As Castro began to rapidly align his regime with the Soviet Union, the U.S. government felt compelled to interdict.

Castro was forced to look to the USSR for help, and, in 1960, the USSR signed an agreement to buy one million tons of Cuban sugar every year. Regrettably, the following year, because of their fear of the spread of communism, the United States backed an abortive invasion by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs. In response, Castro proclaimed Cuba a communist state and began to ally itself with the USSR, asking Russia for weapons to defend Cuba against America. With the escalating tensions, the CIA began to make plans to assassinate Castro as part of Operation Mongoose. At least five plans to kill the Cuban leader were drawn up between 1961 and 1963. Unfortunately, in 1962, the Cuban missile crisis was ignited when, fearing a U.S. invasion, Castro agreed to allow the USSR to deploy nuclear missiles on the island. Subsequently, the U.S. released photos of Soviet nuclear missile silos in Cuba, to the American people, triggering a crisis, which took the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war. In summation, the relationship between the two countries in the 1960’s, was an awkward and tense standoff between democratic and communist

During the Eisenhower administration president Kennedy was informed about the preparation of the’’ Cuban exiles’’ for invasion of their homeland. The proposal projected that backing from the Cuban public and maybe the Cuban military that possibly would lead to the rebellion of Castro and to establishing of a non-communist government friendly to the United States. ‘’Kennedy approved the operation and some 1,400 exiles landed at Cuba's Bay of Pigs on April 17’’. But the whole force was either killed or captured, and the operation failed which the president took full responsibility for.

Before the Bay of Pigs invasion began, many events took place that preceded and caused the invasion. Ever since Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista, the former dictator of Cuba, the United States was suspicious of Cuba's seemingly communist behavior. Batista had always been pro-American and anti-communist, but Castro governed Cuba differently. Castro believed the United States had no right to have businesses in Cuba. He reduced the influence of American business in Cuba and even seized control of the American-run telephone company in Cuba. Castro also established diplomatic ties with Soviet Russia to stay in power. He accepted loans from Russia so that he could support an army and keep Cuba from an economic collapse. All of these actions caused the United Sates to distrust Castro. This distrust was amplified when Castro publicly announced that he was pro-communist in July of 1959. Because of this

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. The plan included the possibility of assassinating Castro.

On April 17, the Cuban outcast started its attack at a disengaged spot on the island's southern shore known as the Bay of Pigs. Very quickly, the attack was a fiasco. The CIA had needed to keep it a mystery for whatever length of time that conceivable, yet a radio station on the shoreline (which the office's surveillance group had neglected to spot) communicate everything about the task to audience members crosswise over Cuba. Unforeseen coral reefs sank a portion of the outcasts' boats as they maneuvered into shore. Reinforcement paratroopers arrived in the wrong place. A little while later, Castro's troops had stuck the intruders on the shoreline, and the outcasts surrendered after not as much as a day of battling; 114 were killed and more than 1,100 were taken

Castro, with the assistance of an Argentinian doctor and well-known revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, overthrew Batista on January 1, 1959. Moreover, Castro’s communist and left-wing ideology regarding Cuba’s government would negatively affect the United States, and his “regime quickly severed the country’s formerly strong ties with the United States by expropriating U.S. economic assets in Cuba and developing close links with the Soviet Union”

The Cuba unexpected news broadcast through worldwide in January 1959 the president cuban Fidel Castro declared that they were under control with Communism. Because the time It seems from the small island of cuba had many troubles and so this cause the cuba became a communist. The Bay of Pigs was an ideas for invading the city on bay of pigs with the help of U.S and cuban who were been exiled by castro because those who never followed all his rules will be removed at cuba. After all Soviet Union begins transporting their missiles added more of troops. United States had declared from the quarantine line they needed to prevent communist since the disease spread out in cuba. In October 28, the missiles already removed from cuba and to America and

The Americans thought this would work because a similar plan was executed in Guatemala that was a terrific success. However, the Americans had miscalculated and the failure of the invasion was humiliating. Castro was much more popular than the CIA had thought, and an army American sponsored attack would actually enrage most Cubans, at the same time improving the position of the leader, Castro. Even anti-Castro habanero's in Cuba would defend Cuba out of nationalistic pride. This, the Americans had all misjudged. The Bay of Pigs invasion had been drawn up by President Eisenhower, but John.F.Kennedy approved the CIA plan soon after taking control. "The thought of this pleasant land becoming "Stalinist" disturbed [Kennedy], like seeing a treasured childhood retreat decay into tawdry slumdom overrun by rowdy toughs."4 On April 17, 1400 members of Cuban exiles came from Nicaragua. They landed in the Bay of Pigs, were discovered my local milita and were forced to open fire. The crucial tactic for America was the element of surprise, and that was now gone. Fidel had actually learnt of the invasion at 3:15am that day and prepared an army and rounded up CIA agents and journalists. By the 18th, just the next day, the invasion was doomed. The brigade pleaded with Kennedy for aerial support but he declined. Defeat of the Americans came on the 19th, with 1,100 prisoners left in Cuba. The Bay of Pigs invasion was a

The Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba by the United States on April 17, 1961 was in the planning stages before John F. Kennedy became America 's President. The plan was made by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) during the Eisenhower years, and JFK supported the decision with modifications. Kennedy’s goal was to remove Fidel Castro from power of Cuba, cut his ties with the Soviet Union and establish a friendly government of the United States. He wanted the invasion to seem just plainly anti-Castro, but the plan got leaked and when it actually did happen, nearly everything went wrong. The attempt was handled poorly and it made JFK look very bad. Even though Kennedy took the blame for it, it was not entirely his fault. To this day, Castro remains in power of Cuba and the United States does not have control of it at all.

Eventually Kennedy aimed to quarantine and surround Cuba. This would stop any military supplies coming from the Soviet Union, from further entering the nation. He Demanded the removal of the missiles. On October 22nd President Kennedy issued a television broadcast, announcing the crisis to the nation. Kennedy and the Executive Committee worked, willing to do most anything to prevent Cuba from using and keeping the missiles. A year before the Bay of Pigs invasion, also known as Bahia de Cochinos, had been set. It was deemed the CIA 's 'perfect failure ' and led nowhere in the removal of of the missiles. The unsuccessful invasion along the southern coast of Cuba, simply resulted in no longer buying Cuban sugar and Fidel Castro took over the United States industries stationed within, such as oil refineries. Though it was planned to attempt to remove the missiles without causing conflict, Kennedy had nonetheless threatened the Soviet Union and Cuba. Planning to set a barricade around the Cuban nation. This blockade stopped any further delivery of military supplies.Kennedy hoping to convince the removal of the threat. Nikita Khrushchev, Secretary of the Soviet

After the end of World War Two, the Soviets and Americans had conflicting views on their beliefs and ideology. The Soviets supported communism, whereas the United States, and other “Big Four” allies encouraged capitalism. This caused a tense relationship to form between the two powerful countries, and led to many international affairs. These non-violent events were known as the Cold War, and one of the most important was the Berlin Airlift.