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| When was the Communist revolution in Cuba? |
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| When did the training for Operation Zapata in Guatemala begin? |
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| When was the Bay of Pigs invasion? |
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| How many invaders were captured and killed in the Bay of Pigs Invasion? |
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| 100 killed, 1200 captured |
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| When did Operation Mongoose start to be developed? |
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| What did Khrushchev say of his motivation for putting missiles on Cuba? |
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| "We saw it as a possibility of defending the freedom-loving people of Cuba" - Khrushchev |
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| When did Operation: Anadyr start? |
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| How many troops were sent to Cuba under Operation: Anadyr? |
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| When did JFK lift the blockade on Cuba? |
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| When did JFK televise criticising the actions of Cuba and the USSR? |
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| Wednesday October 24th 1962 |
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| When did Khrushchev send his two letters? |
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| Friday October 26th- Saturday October 27th |
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| Name Three "Hawks" in Excomm |
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| McNamara (secretary of defense), Curtis "Bombs Away"/"Old Iron Ass' Lemay (air chief), General Maxwell Taylor |
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| Adlai Stevenson, RFK, McGeorge Bundy (owlish) |
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