1. The Cuban Missile Crisis
... president in 1961, he became the youngest ever president. He was told of a CIA plan to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro, which he allowed to go ahead but the result was a disaster, and became known as the Bay of Pigs. On April 17th, about 1500 of Castro's opponents landed at Cochinos Bay ... to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid to let them go ahead?" Now that Cuba had the help of Russia, throughout 1962 American intelligence kept a watch over Cuba. In the summer, CIA agents reported sightings of Soviet ships heading for the island. In September, the USSR admitted su...
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