The Importance of The Bay of Pigs Invasion on US-Soviet Relations

Question 1

How to Structure?

Answer 1

The first paragraph should be explaining the event.

The second paragraph is the main consequence.

The last paragraph is to analyse how important these consequences and what impact they had made on US-Soviet Relations.

Question 2

Tips?

Answer 2

Make sure to explain the impact of the even and focus on the question.

Come to a judgement about how important the event was.

Question 3

First Paragraph: The Event

Answer 3

In 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion occurred. This was when the USA had authorized a total of $12million to the CIA for them to train and launch 1.400 Cuban exiles into Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, so that they could overthrow the Socialist government led by Castro. However, the hardly trained exiles were easily outpowered by the army of 20,000 Cubans waiting for them at the Bay of Pigs, due to Castro’s government discovering the US’s plan. Thus, within 2 days, 100 ex-Cubans had died whilst 1.100 surrendered, resulting in a failed invasion.

Question 4

Second Paragraph: Main Consquences

Answer 4

Consequently, not only did this make the US appear weak and hypocritic (they had previously criticized the USSR for the invasion of Satellite States) but Cubans had also turned Anti-American as they were aware of the US’s unjust intentions. This had led to the Cuba turning to the Soviets for protection, which Khrushchev gladly agreed to. This had caused a somewhat large deterioration in US- Soviet relations because

Question 5

Last Paragraph: Conclusion

Answer 5

In conclusion, the Bay of Pigs invasion was somewhat significant for US-Soviet relations as it had worsened. This is because