John F Kennedy
& The Bay of Pigs
John F Kennedy
John F Kennedy is one of our most famous presidents, he successfully resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, and many others. But first he had to elected, the other candidate being Richard Nixon
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The Election of 1960 was a tense period of deciding between the two candidates, but in the end John F Kennedy one the election, going on to be our next president.
USSR's LeadershipNikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was a politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. Khrushchev was responsible for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. Khrushchev's party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev.
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Bay of Pigs
In 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion -- an unsuccessful invasion in south-west Cuba by armed Cuban exiles, planned and funded by the US, in an attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
JFK had full knowledge of the invasion and gave the green light.
The worsened Cuban-American relations, which was further worsened by the Cuban missile crisis the following year.
JFK had full knowledge of the invasion and gave the green light.
The worsened Cuban-American relations, which was further worsened by the Cuban missile crisis the following year.