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How are the Cuban missile crisis and Bay of pigs similar? How are they different?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the situation that led to The Bay of Pigs; it the crisis being that Soviets armed Cuba with missiles. The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt on the US's part to invade (and reclaim) Cuba to stop the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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