"Cuba's history has a significance out of proportion to its size." -- Philip S. Foner[/size]
Invasion at Playa Girón; April 17, 1961:(http://www.historyofcuba.com/images/pigs/air.jpg) (http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs.htm)
- Richard M. Nixon proposed it
- Dwight D. Eisenhower planned it
- Robert F. Kennedy championed it
- John F. Kennedy approved it
- The CIA carried it out
- 1,197 invaders were captured
- 200 of them had been soldiers in Batista's army (14 of those were wanted for murder in Cuba)
- One CIA soldier fired the first shot
- A volunteer teacher was the first Cuban casualty
- 4 American pilots and over 100 Cuban invaders were killed in battle
- 1,400 Cuban invaders felt betrayed by their sponsor
- One U.S. senator lied to the United Nations
- One U.S. president was embarrassed in front of the world
[/size]Introduction (http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs2.htm) | The Plan (http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs3.htm) | Invasion (http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs4.htm) | Victory (http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs5.htm) | Aftermath (http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs6.htm)
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SOURCE: http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs.htm