After World War II, Europe was trying to rehabilitate from the intense war that had caused them economically, socially, and militarily. The U.S. being a part of the Western Allies helped Europe regain its superiority again through a policy of containment. Due to the bad situation, some allies turned against others and demanded for more which the U.S.S.R. did by taking over Eastern Europe and then threatening to take over Berlin. Hostility between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had sprouted that led them to battle it out in the Cold War, which almost became known as the Hot War. This was about to occur because of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Steps leading up to this revolution would be created by the animosity between the U.S. toward the U.S.S.R.
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Knowing that Cuba was growing more of a threat by the minute, President Kennedy was being pressured to make a move that would hopefully stop Castro’s revolution. The solution to this was an operation named the Bay of Pigs which occurred in 1956. JFK found this perfect because the Eichmann administration had used this same strategy in Guatemala. The situation in Guatemala was one similar to Cuba’s. The president of Guatemala was confiscating unplanted fields of large landowners making the Untied Fruit Company to lose land and was becoming a threat as they were receiving a shipment of weapons from communist Czechoslovakia. The Bay of Pigs was a success in Guatemala as the exiles were able to drive out President Arbenz. Feeling encouraged by this success, JFK approved of this same strategy to be applied in Cuba. The Bay of Pigs was executed on April 17, 1961 and was a complete failure and embarrassment to President Kennedy. The Cuban invaders were forced to flee and surrender to Castro’s forces. This operation was in fact one of the reasons that Castro and Khrushchev formed an alliance which led to the installation of nuclear weapons in Cuba. Noticing that they both shared a common enemy, a relationship was sparked between the two. Castro felt threatened that the United States would make another, more forceful attempt to attack Cuba and sought help from the major power, the Soviet Union. The Soviet Premier took initiatives to help protect Cuba which were offering Cuba sophisticated weapons and sending Soviet officers and technicians to teach the Cuban soldiers the tactics of modern warfare. Reasons for why the U.S.S.R. helped Cuba are that after WWII, Soviets wanted to avoid
Knowing that Cuba was growing more of a threat by the minute, President Kennedy was being pressured to make a move that would hopefully stop Castro’s revolution. The solution to this was an operation named the Bay of Pigs which occurred in 1956. JFK found this perfect because the Eichmann administration had used this same strategy in Guatemala. The situation in Guatemala was one similar to Cuba’s. The president of Guatemala was confiscating unplanted fields of large landowners making the Untied Fruit Company to lose land and was becoming a threat as they were receiving a shipment of weapons from communist Czechoslovakia. The Bay of Pigs was a success in Guatemala as the exiles were able to drive out President Arbenz. Feeling encouraged by this success, JFK approved of this same strategy to be applied in Cuba. The Bay of Pigs was executed on April 17, 1961 and was a complete failure and embarrassment to President Kennedy. The Cuban invaders were forced to flee and surrender to Castro’s forces. This operation was in fact one of the reasons that Castro and Khrushchev formed an alliance which led to the installation of nuclear weapons in Cuba. Noticing that they both shared a common enemy, a relationship was sparked between the two. Castro felt threatened that the United States would make another, more forceful attempt to attack Cuba and sought help from the major power, the Soviet Union. The Soviet Premier took initiatives to help protect Cuba which were offering Cuba sophisticated weapons and sending Soviet officers and technicians to teach the Cuban soldiers the tactics of modern warfare. Reasons for why the U.S.S.R. helped Cuba are that after WWII, Soviets wanted to avoid