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Bay of Pigs

apr 1961-oct 1962, cia invasion of the bay of pigs organised by eisenhower administration and carried out by kennedy administration, brigade 2506 defeated in 2 days, many people held hostage

bay of pigs consequences

strengthens castros administration, adopts socialism, pursues closer ties with ussr

operation mongoose

covert operation by the US government aimed at overthrowing the Cuban government, included intelligence and military operations as well as assassination attempts on castro

cuban missile crisis

oct 1962, closest to nuke conflict between us and ussr, cuba places nukes from ussr to deter invasion, kennedy orders naval quarantine but nukes continue to near readiness, robert kennedy meets w dobrynin and starts to resolve, kruschev removes soviet missiles from cuba, quarantine is ended nov 1962

hotline

direct telephone link between white house and kremlin