The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban missile crisis was a thirteen day military and nuclear standoff of the government of America and the Soviet Union and Cuba. The standoff began on the day of October 16, 1962 when a low flying spy plane called a U2 took pictures of soviet missile launch sites in Cuba 90 miles south of Florida. The whole world was worried because of the Soviets the world was on the brink of nuclear war and not just between the US and Soviet Union. This crisis almost caused a third world war although it was resolved by simple words and just talking about it. I am writing about this topic because it is amazing that World War I was only ended after almost complete destruction, and World War II took not one but two nuclear bombs,
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The invasion was an attempt to overthrow the communist leader Fidel Castro. It took place on the day April 17, 1961 and lasted until April 19, 1961. It was not the first time that America had tried to get rid of Fidel Castro, nor would it be the last. There would end up being 638 attempts to kill Fidel Castro (newsela.com). While Castro was leader hundreds of thousands of Cubans fled the country. President Kennedy had the idea to send the Cuban exiles back to Cuba armed to try to overthrow the government. About 1,400 Cubans were sent to a small bay known as the Bay of Pigs. The operation failed, bad. Hundreds of Cubans were killed and more than 1,000 were captured. The American government would later try to redeem its self by looking for reasons to declare war on Cuba but they did not because that President Kennedy did not to go to war with Cuba. Kennedy had fear that Russia and the Soviet Union would then take over East Germany and cause a third world …show more content…
His full name was Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. He was born on August 13, 1926. He rose to power in the year of 1959. He was fairly new to his job when the crisis occurred. Cuba soon became dependent on the Soviet Union for military and economic aid once he was leader. Fidel did a lot of good and a lot of bad for his people. According to newsela.com, he opened over 10,000 schools in Cuba and under Castro most every Cuban could read. He also took away the newspapers and certain religions were rejected. He was very lucky that he survived all of the 638 assassination attempts by the United States. According to
The invasion was an attempt to overthrow the communist leader Fidel Castro. It took place on the day April 17, 1961 and lasted until April 19, 1961. It was not the first time that America had tried to get rid of Fidel Castro, nor would it be the last. There would end up being 638 attempts to kill Fidel Castro (newsela.com). While Castro was leader hundreds of thousands of Cubans fled the country. President Kennedy had the idea to send the Cuban exiles back to Cuba armed to try to overthrow the government. About 1,400 Cubans were sent to a small bay known as the Bay of Pigs. The operation failed, bad. Hundreds of Cubans were killed and more than 1,000 were captured. The American government would later try to redeem its self by looking for reasons to declare war on Cuba but they did not because that President Kennedy did not to go to war with Cuba. Kennedy had fear that Russia and the Soviet Union would then take over East Germany and cause a third world …show more content…
His full name was Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. He was born on August 13, 1926. He rose to power in the year of 1959. He was fairly new to his job when the crisis occurred. Cuba soon became dependent on the Soviet Union for military and economic aid once he was leader. Fidel did a lot of good and a lot of bad for his people. According to newsela.com, he opened over 10,000 schools in Cuba and under Castro most every Cuban could read. He also took away the newspapers and certain religions were rejected. He was very lucky that he survived all of the 638 assassination attempts by the United States. According to