What Event Was The Direct Cause Of The Cuban Missile Crisis? A The Invasion Of The Bay Of Pigs B The Nuclear Bombing Of Cuba C Nikita Khrushchev's Shoe-Banging Speech D Fidel Castro's Revolution In Cuba. The brigade hit the beach at the bay of pigs on april 17, 1961, but. After much debate in his administration kennedy authorized a clandestine invasion of cuba by a brigade of cuban exiles.

The cuban missile crisis in october 1962 was directly caused by the placement of soviet nuclear missiles in cuba, following the u.s. After much debate in his administration kennedy authorized a clandestine invasion of cuba by a brigade of cuban exiles. The brigade hit the beach at the bay of pigs on april 17, 1961, but.