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Bay of Pigs Invasion

  • April 1961 CIA led a full-scale invasion of Cuba
  • Failure and huge embarrassment for US government

1962 Cuban Missile Crisis:

  • US spy planes discover USSR missiles in Cuba
  • President announces a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent additional soviet weapons
  • Threatens to invade Cuba if missiles were not withdrawn
  • Nikita Khrushchev agreed to withdraw missiles and US removes missiles in Turkey
  • Closest we’ve ever been to nuclear war

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