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2404.03.2007, © ETH Studio Basel, Havana, Cuban Revolution, invasion, envasion, Joy Homberger

Cuban revolution, invasion, evasion and enemies

Sowjet rocket and missile launch basis

US-Marine base Zone of US-Blockade

Potential reach of Sowjet rockets (1770km)

Communist Countries Word Wide1935- before the Second World War

1981-lagest extension of communism

communist structure countries

military governements with socialist or communist tendency

socialist one-party systems

2006-Today

communist structured countries


San Clara

Sagua la Grande

Remedios

Guanajay

San Cristobal

Guantanamo Bay

Playa Giron

Missile Crisis 1961-62

Emigration

Miami

Bay of Pigs invasion April 1961

San BlasHelechalCayo Ramona

Los SabalosPlaya Larga

Playa Giron

Lacuma

Ancon

parashuters



Playa Giron

Lacuma

Ancon

revolutionary counterattacking forces April 17

April 18

April 19

route of conrta revolutionarylanding forces

linedistroyed contra revolutionary airplain

distroyed conrta revolutionary ships ship



Playa Giron

Lacuma

Ancon

parashuters



Playa Giron

Lacuma

Ancon


April 18

April 19




Little Havana

Miromar

Vedado

Bay of Pigs Invasion In the spring of 1961the U.S. sponsored an unsuccessful attack on Cuba. The attack began on April 15, 1961, when exiles, flying planes provided by the United States bombed several Cuban air force bases. This attack did not succeed in destroying all of Castro's air force.On April 17, 1961, a force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles, financed and trained by the CIA, landed in the south during the Bay of Pigs Invasion. The CIA's assumption was that the invasion would spark a popular rising against Castro. There was no popular uprising. Most of the invasion force made it ashore, however all their supplies did not, despite some initial advances in which thousands of Castro militia died. The invaders were quickly defeated. Many believe that the invasion, in-stead of weakening Castro, actually helped him consolidate his grip on power.For the next 30 years, Castro pursued closer relations with the Soviet Union until its demise in 1991.

The Missile Crisis Tensions between the U.S. and Cuba peaked again during the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Cuba agreed to let the Soviets secretly place medium-range nuclear missiles on their territory. The United States responded by establishing a cordon in international waters to stop Soviet ships from bringing in more missiles. In this confrontation the world was very close to a nuclear war. At the last moment the Soviets called back their ships. In addition, they agreed to remove the missiles already there in exchange for an agreement that the United States would not invade Cuba. Only after the fall of the Soviet Union was it revealed that another part of the agreement was the removal of U.S. missiles from Turkey. The United States has honored this agreement by not attacking Cuba again, but the CIA has continued to support anti-Castro groups by mounting an extensive international campaign and several botched assassination attempts throughout the 1960s. Cuba has in turn pro-vided military support to revolutions in Angola, Nigeria and parts of South America. During one such campaign, Ernesto Che Gue-vara was captured by U.S.-trained comman-dos in Bolivia in 1967 and ultimately ex-ecuted. He has since become a symbol of revolution worldwide.

sources Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War; Ernesto Che Guevara Edited by Mary-Alice Walters; Pathfinder Press; New York; 1996

Insel der Extreme Kuba im 20.Jahrhundert; Michael Zeuske; Rot-punkltverlag; Zürich; 2000

Atlas National de Cuba; Academia de Ciencias de Cuba; 1970

Dumont Atlas der Weltgeschichte; Prof. Jeremy Black; Dumont; 2002

Alexander Weltatlas; Dr. Helmut Schulze; Klett Verlag; Stuttgart; 1997

emptied out areas as reaction of the revolution 1958/59

HavanaCuba

Miami

Miromar

Vedado

USA910 000

Total1.5 Mio.

NY159 000

Miami>455 000

USA910 000

Total1.5 Mio.

NY159 000

Miami>455 000


2504.03.2007, © ETH Studio Basel, Havana, Cuban Revolution, invasion, envasion, Joy Homberger

Cuban revolution, invasion, evasion and enemies

Sowjet rocket and missile launch basis

US-Marine base Zone of US-Blockade

Potential reach of Sowjet rockets (1770km)

Communist Countries Word Wide1935- before the Second World War

1981-lagest extension of communism

communist structure countries

military governements with socialist or communist tendency

socialist one-party systems

2006-Today



San Clara

Sagua la Grande

Remedios

Guanajay

San Cristobal

Guantanamo Bay

Playa Giron

Missile Crisis 1961-62

Emigration

Miami

Bay of Pigs invasion April 1961



Playa Giron

Lacuma

Ancon

parashuters



Playa Giron

Lacuma

Ancon


April 18

April 19






Playa Giron

Lacuma

Ancon

parashuters



Playa Giron

Lacuma

Ancon


April 18

April 19




Little Havana

Miromar

Vedado

Bay of Pigs Invasion In the spring of 1961the U.S. sponsored an unsuccessful attack on Cuba. The attack began on April 15, 1961, when exiles, flying planes provided by the United States bombed several Cuban air force bases. This attack did not succeed in destroying all of Castro's air force.On April 17, 1961, a force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles, financed and trained by the CIA, landed in the south during the Bay of Pigs Invasion. The CIA's assumption was that the invasion would spark a popular rising against Castro. There was no popular uprising. Most of the invasion force made it ashore, however all their supplies did not, despite some initial advances in which thousands of Castro militia died. The invaders were quickly defeated. Many believe that the invasion, in-stead of weakening Castro, actually helped him consolidate his grip on power.For the next 30 years, Castro pursued closer relations with the Soviet Union until its demise in 1991.

The Missile Crisis Tensions between the U.S. and Cuba peaked again during the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Cuba agreed to let the Soviets secretly place medium-range nuclear missiles on their territory. The United States responded by establishing a cordon in international waters to stop Soviet ships from bringing in more missiles. In this confrontation the world was very close to a nuclear war. At the last moment the Soviets called back their ships. In addition, they agreed to remove the missiles already there in exchange for an agreement that the United States would not invade Cuba. Only after the fall of the Soviet Union was it revealed that another part of the agreement was the removal of U.S. missiles from Turkey. The United States has honored this agreement by not attacking Cuba again, but the CIA has continued to support anti-Castro groups by mounting an extensive international campaign and several botched assassination attempts throughout the 1960s. Cuba has in turn pro-vided military support to revolutions in Angola, Nigeria and parts of South America. During one such campaign, Ernesto Che Gue-vara was captured by U.S.-trained comman-dos in Bolivia in 1967 and ultimately ex-ecuted. He has since become a symbol of revolution worldwide.

sources Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War; Ernesto Che Guevara Edited by Mary-Alice Walters; Pathfinder Press; New York; 1996

Insel der Extreme Kuba im 20.Jahrhundert; Michael Zeuske; Rot-punkltverlag; Zürich; 2000

Atlas National de Cuba; Academia de Ciencias de Cuba; 1970

Dumont Atlas der Weltgeschichte; Prof. Jeremy Black; Dumont; 2002

Alexander Weltatlas; Dr. Helmut Schulze; Klett Verlag; Stuttgart; 1997

emptied out areas as reaction of the revolution 1958/59

HavanaCuba

Miami

Miromar

Vedado

USA910 000

Total1.5 Mio.

NY159 000

Miami>455 000

USA910 000

Total1.5 Mio.

NY159 000

Miami>455 000


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