https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0 Made with fortitude (fortress of solitude) en-us 2017-10-31 19:28:20 UTC 2026-01-16 08:51:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 6254 https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202312047 Fidel Castro hosts an uprising (not specifically Communists) against the US supported and corrupt leader.
Later he becomes a communist because of the support Khrushchev promised to give him.]]> 2017-10-31 19:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202312047 6254 https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202314437 When  Castro became communist, some Cubans defected.
The CIA trained these exiles and sent them back to Cuba to insight a revolution from the inside.
The plan went very wrong. sharp coral caused the mission to be set back until higher tide; this let the Cubans strike the Naval ships and the soldiers that made it on to Cuban land were wildly outnumbered by the Cuban soldiers.
All the Cuban/US were either killed or captured.
The US were ridiculed by this operation]]> 2017-10-31 19:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202314437 6254 https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202386717 Castro approved of Khrushchev placing nuclear missile sites on Cuba.
This put the US within firing range; giving Khrushchev a fairer bargaining chip]]> 2017-11-01 05:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202386717 6254 https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202386971 U2 planes flying over Cuba documented what seems to be the creation of nuclear missile bases
JFK had a dilemma: insight violence and attack Cuba (what his Generals wanted), let Khrushchev carry on, or find a way to stop Khrushchev non-violently.
JFK decided on a naval blockade to prevent more missiles from entering Cuba. + Threatening to remove the missiles by military action]]> 2017-11-01 05:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202386971 6254 https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202387406 2017-11-01 05:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202387406 6254 https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202387423 24th October 1962
USSR ships ordered to turn back
28th October 1962
USSR missiles agreed to be removed (if US removed missiles in Turkey, but that was agreed secretly)]]> 2017-11-01 05:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202387423 6254 https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202387597 Neither leader wanted nuclear war and both wanted to prevent getting to this stage again
US USSR hot line/ red telephone
Nuclear Arms Talks == Test ban treaty 1963]]> 2017-11-01 05:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/6254/n6xvq6cbi6q0/wish/202387597