During the beginning of the Cold War, when Kennedy and Khrushchev were leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, two major events were the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Berlin Wall.
It all started when Fidel Castro, a revolutionary leader, started a Communist regime in Cuba. Cuba is only 90 miles south of Florida, so the spread of Communism to our neighborhood is quite devastating. The more devastating event was that they accepted help from Soviet Union. In return, Cuba will have nuclear missiles on the island. Soon after Castro came into power, many Cubans were exiled, some to the United States In order to deal of the threat of the missiles that can go all the way to Denver in under 17 minutes, the CIA planned an invasion. They trained the exiles to take back Cuba, and free it from Castro and the Communist regime. A surprise to these exiles was that they surprise attack was known for a while before the actual invasion took place. The invasion failed, miserably. In the end, both leaders agreed to disarm nuclear weapons in Cuba in exchange for peace on the island.
Far from our home, but right in front of Soviet Union, Berlin was in crisis. In the western front, Berlin is a direct competition between The United States and the Soviet Union. Neither side wanted to leave. The tension between the two halves of the city was high. Then one day, Berlin was physically separated because Khrushchev ordered to build a concrete wall so that people would stop fleeing from the East Germany to the west. The result of this wall is that the direct and armed conflict is resolved, but it further aggravated the tension.
--Bonan
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