The Bay Of Pigs Invasion

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"Cuba's history has a significance out of proportion to its size." -- Philip S. Foner[/size]

Invasion at Playa Girón; April 17, 1961:

• 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 | The Plan | Invasion | Victory | Aftermath




SOURCE: http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs.htm