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Aug 1, 2024 · Bay of Pigs invasion, (April 17, 1961), abortive invasion of Cuba at the Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), or Playa Girón (Girón Beach) to Cubans, on the southwestern coast by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government.
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Apr 17, 1998 · ON APRIL 17, 1961, 1,500 CIA-backed Cuban exiles began a land assault in their ill-fated attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Little known is the story of American...
- Eddie Curran
Instead of ousting Castro, the disastrous Bay of Pigs Invasion gave legitimacy to his regime and only strengthened Cuba's relationship with the Soviet Union, an anti-American alliance that would result in the far scarier Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
- Dave Roos
In April 1961, more than a thousand Cuban exiles stormed the beaches at the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, intending to ignite an uprising that would overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. Many people know the story of the failed Bay of Pigs operation, but you might not know all the details.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, sometimes called Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Playa Girón after the Playa Girón) was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by the United States of America and the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of ...
Nov 13, 2009 · On April 17, 1961, around 1,200 exiles, armed with American weapons and using American landing craft, waded ashore at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.
Oct 27, 2009 · The Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. Since 1959, officials at the U.S. State...
