History GCSE
Soviet-Cuban alliance
What Soviet-Cuban alliance means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Closer relations in which the USSR bought Cuban sugar and provided military aid under a 1960 trade agreement, cemented by the Bay of Pigs failure.
Topics that use Soviet-Cuban alliance
- Option P4: Key topic 2: Cold War crises, 1958–70 - 1 Increased tension between East and West (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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