The Cuban missile crisis part 1

• Fidel Castro lead a revolution in Cuba and overthrew the US-backed leader


  1959
• Cuba set up trade links with the USSR

  This alarmed the USA as Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida
• The USA attempted to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs


  1961
• The invasion ended in humiliating defeat for the USA as the Cuban people fought back for Castro
• The USA placed missiles in Turkey, within range of the USSR


  Early 1962