s left they flew in the direction of Miami. The invasion took place on April 17th. Being well aware of the invasion Castro had his troops waiting for the exiles to come ashore. The exiles were quickly met with resistance. Castro's Army quickly rounded up the exiles that were trying to invade. Cuban aircraft were also successful in destroying a ship carrying ammunitions for the exiles. After the Cuban army squashed the exile uprising, it was impossible for the United States to keep its involvement in the coup a secret any longer. The United States was met with international opposition after this incident. Also the United States broke its relations with Russia and Cuba. Many feel that Kennedy is to blame for the broken relations and encouraged Khrushchev to place missiles in Cuba. There were two reasons to why the Soviets deployed nuclear missiles to Cuba. The first was Soviet insecurities and the other was the fear of losing Cuba in an invasion by the United States. The reason for the Soviet insecurities was because the United States had a lot of missiles in Turkey pointed towards Russia. What Khrushchev was really worried about was the possibility that the U.S. would strike first. The second reason really resolves around the Fidel Castro and Cuba. He was well aware of the fact that the United States has wanted him out of power ever since he came to power. He knew this because there was several times the U.S. tried to get rid Castro. The Bay of Pigs was one and Operation Mongoose was another. With the knowledge of all these events Khrushchev came up with a plan that could counter the United States presence in Turkey. This is what led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. When the presence of the Soviet Union was detected great concern for the safety of the citizens of the United States arose. Since Cuba is only ninety miles from the shores of the United States there was cause for even more concern then usual. According to Kh...
