The Cuban revolution was successful in 1959, and Castro overthrew the Batista dictatorship and established a revolutionary government.
As a big neighbor of the United States, Cuba wanted to establish a good relationship with it. Castro immediately visited the United States, but the United States was indifferent and only Vice President Nixon came forward to receive it. When Kas was disappointed, he returned to promote socialism, scattered land to farmers, and confiscated large private enterprises as state-owned.
Unexpectedly, Americans invest a lot in Cuba. The United States has always regarded Cuba as its own backyard. The president stomped his feet and Cuba was like an earthquake. Now Cuba is rebelling, and the United States has acted like a sanctions stick, claiming that it refuses to buy Cuban sugar.
Cuba’s pillar industry was hit by this, and it didn’t make sense to the United States, so it naturally turned to the Soviet Union for help. Khrushchev declared that the Soviet Union would purchase Cuban sugar and that if Cuba was threatened, the Soviet Union would not sit idly by.
The United States took a sigh of relief and made a living. It organized Cuban exiles to form a death squad. In April 1961, it was smuggled to Cuba by warship to land, hoping to subvert the government in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, it was discovered in the Bay of Pigs at the beginning of the landing. The United States did not dare to invade openly, and the warships watched as all the landers in the Bay of Pigs became alive. The U.S. government has been criticized at home and abroad for this matter, and its face is disheartened.
Unwilling to fail, Kennedy formulated a detailed plan to subvert and invade Cuba. Castro asked the Soviet Union for help, and the Soviet Union provided a lot of assistance, including missiles. It is said that the missiles are defensive in nature, and the TASS news agency said that Soviet missiles can strike the United States from their homeland, without the need to build missile bases overseas.
In August 1961, the U.S. U-2 reconnaissance found Cuban ground missile launchers and Soviet personnel, and repeatedly verified that Cuba had at least 16 Soviet missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometers. If launched, the United States could cause 80 million casualties. Kennedy was shocked and looked for a countermeasure. After thinking about it, he did not dare to confront directly, so he declared "segregation at sea" against Cuba, which was actually a blockade, and requested inspection of ships going to Cuba.
The global US military has entered a state of combat, and all Americans have been panicked ever since. The U.S. nuclear submarine enters the predetermined waters, and the fighter planes hung up their nuclear warheads, ready to take off at any time.
Castro was tough and refused to give in. The United States has openly declared that it is preparing to invade Cuba.
The Soviet Union sent ships to attempt to break through the blockade, which greatly stimulated American nerves. While the Soviet Union was fighting the United States in the Security Council, it ordered the Soviet army to prepare for battle. The global war is only between the front lines, and it is by no means a false statement.
At this time, some Soviet ships approached the blockade, and Kennedy hurriedly wrote to Khrushchev, begging not to try to break through.
On October 24, a Soviet submarine took two cargo ships straight ahead, and the US Secretary of Defense ordered the fight. Just at the very moment, the Soviet ship stopped. The Americans breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly gave in to allow an East German ship and a Soviet cargo ship to pass.
Since then, there have been incidents of unarmed cargo ships breaking through the barriers, which has caused repeated waves of things that have calmed down.
After all, Khrushchev did not dare to try a nuclear war, and he was ostentatious. As long as the United States promised not to invade Cuba and make other concessions, the Soviet Union could withdraw the missiles. Khrushchev also expressed his favor to Kennedy, but given harsh conditions, the United States must withdraw its missiles deployed in Turkey. The United States even frightened and coaxed and promised to do so in the future. In fact, the Soviet Union also has a guilty conscience.
But the two big powers competed. The small Cuban country was like a plaything. Castro was very dissatisfied and refused UN mediation. When the United States saw this, it withdrew its promise not to invade Cuba. Seeing that it failed, the Soviet Union hurriedly coaxed and intimidated Cuba before it was settled.