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Bay of Pigs Invasion

Bay of Pigs Invasion
Part of the Cold War
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Map showing the location of the Bay of Pigs
Date 17–19 April 1961
Location Bay of Pigs, southern coast of Cuba
Result Decisive Cuban government victory
Belligerents
 Cuba  United States
Cuba Cuban DRF
Commanders and leaders

Cuba Fidel Castro

Cuba José Ramón Fernández
Cuba Juan Almeida Bosque
Cuba Che Guevara
Cuba Efigenio Ameijeiras

United States John F. Kennedy
United States Allen Dulles

Cuba Pepe San Román
Cuba Erneido Oliva
Units involved
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces Brigade 2506
CIA
USAF
Strength
Cuba 25,000 Cuban army
Cuba 200,000 Cuban Militia
Cuba 9,000 armed police
Cuba 1,500 ground forces
8 American B-26 bombers
5 supply ships
Casualties and losses
Cuban army:
176 killed
500+ wounded
or
4,000 killed, wounded, missing
6 Cuban aircraft shot down
Brigade 2506:
118 killed
360 wounded
1,202 captured
4 American B-26 bomber aircraft shot down
2 supply ships sunk
Bay of Pigs Invasion is located in North America
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Location within North America

Cuba Fidel Castro

United States John F. Kennedy
United States Allen Dulles

The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Playa Girón or Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos or Batalla de Girón) was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. A counter-revolutionary military (made up of Cuban exiles who traveled to the United States after Castro's takeover), trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Brigade 2506 fronted the armed wing of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF) and intended to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Fidel Castro. Launched from Guatemala and Nicaragua, the invading force was defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, under the direct command of Prime Minister Fidel Castro.


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