Soviet Union The Cold War - 1150 Words

In the heat of the Cold War, communism has spread its influence across the world and the United States stand fearing the worse from the Soviet Union. The United States’ objective was to expand the sovereignty of capitalism, but this was in the way of the USSR’s plan to overthrow capitalism entirely. With this struggle to keep their intentions active, the Cold War is primarily about who can be able to control the end results of World War II. Now the fear was creeping up among the U.S., with the events of the Korean War and the tension between the free enterprise versus the socialist. So while the Cold War continued to advance, the corruption of Cuba caused by General Fulgencio Batista, elected president of Cuba who has dictated the Cuban†¦show more content†¦Why was the Bay of Pigs Invasion such a failure, what could have been the result of such an intercepted attack? The only way the United States must have lost the attack was probably a seized message that the US were planning an attack, meaning that Castro had the chance to counter. To apprehend the possibility that Fidel Castro might have intercepted such an attack, we should understand the events leading up to that day. On January 1 of 1959, the nation’s leader Batista was overpowered by the Castro forces, leaving almost 50 dead at the battle. What was the reason for the overthrow? Batista was a corrupt leader, returning from his term by deposing Carlos Prà ­o Socarrà ¡s, the elected president of Cuba in 1948 who â€Å"was unable to solve Cuba’s economic problems. In the face of growing labour unrest, he did little to combat corruption and gang violence† (Britannica, Britannica Encyclopà ¦dia). Batista’s intention was to control the universities, the press, and including the Congress, and, in addition, use the cash of the economy to his liking. â€Å"His regime was finally toppled by the rebel forces led by Fidel Castro, who launched their successful at tack in the fall of 1958† (Britannica, Britannica Encyclopà ¦dia). With Fidel Castro in control of Cuba with welcoming hands, American corporations and wealthy individuals were nervous, for they owned â€Å"almost half of Cuba’s sugar plantations and the majority of its cattle ranches, mines and utilities† (Staff). Through