20 April 1961

War & Conflict

Bay of Pigs invasion

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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the United States and the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, clandestinely and directly financed by the U.S. government. The operation took place at the height of the Cold War, and its failure influenced relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union. By early 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had begun contemplating ways to remove Castro.

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Attack near Playa Giron. April 19, 1961. - panoramioRumlinCC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commons
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A4D-2 Skyhawks of VA-34 in flight over USS Essex (CVS-9) during the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961Robert L. LawsonPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Annex No. 1 A Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime - DPLA - 001cfb135bd155bbf5e5c65dba4f81f8 (page 1)President (1961-1963 : Kennedy). Office of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. 1/20/1961-11/22/1963Public domainWikimedia Commons
Annex No. 1 A Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime - DPLA - 001cfb135bd155bbf5e5c65dba4f81f8 (page 10)President (1961-1963 : Kennedy). Office of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. 1/20/1961-11/22/1963Public domainWikimedia Commons
Annex No. 1 A Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime - DPLA - 001cfb135bd155bbf5e5c65dba4f81f8 (page 11)President (1961-1963 : Kennedy). Office of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. 1/20/1961-11/22/1963Public domainWikimedia Commons
Annex No. 1 A Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime - DPLA - 001cfb135bd155bbf5e5c65dba4f81f8 (page 12)President (1961-1963 : Kennedy). Office of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. 1/20/1961-11/22/1963Public domainWikimedia Commons

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