Question

What failed U.S. invasion prompted the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

Answer 1

The Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961

Explanation:

The failed Bay of pigs invasion of 1961 by CIA trained Cubans is what caused the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Answer 2

There is no direct connection between the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Explanation:

The Bay of Pigs was an illegal attempt by the US using covert CIA operatives and Cuban dissidents to over through the Communist dictatorship of Castro.

This failed attempt only further escalated the ill will between the US government and Castro. The US trade embargo had pushed Cuban toward ever closer ties to Russia. These economic and political ties between Cuban and Russia led to Russia placing missiles in Cuban that were capable of lunching nuclear weapons on targets in the US

The United States was not willing to allow Russia nuclear weapons to be based in Cuba. Cuba is so close to the US there would not have been time to respond to a missile strike.

So President Kennedy place an embargo on Cuba. The US wanted to inspect all cargo for missiles. The world stood on edge to see if Russia would back down, or if a nuclear war would be begin.

The Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs were two unrelated, in terms of cause and effect. However both were signs of the distrust and tension between the US and Cuba.