Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs
Map of Bay of Pigs invasion plan
The bay of pigs was a CIA arranged invasion of Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro. Fidel overthrew a Corrupt, and US Supporting leader, Fulgencio Batista. He was a Dictator but supporter to US Companies. He was also anticommunist. Fidel did not like American influence in Cuba so he started to form diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. After that the US wanted nothing to do with The soviet union so we rejected imports of Cuban sugar. With Cuba now becoming an ally with the Soviet Union we felt like we had to stop the Communist influence. We Arranged the mission campaign The Bay of Pigs. This was a CIA operated mission also known as the "Perfect Failure" with 1400 American trained Cubans. The original plan was to have two forces, one large one to take Mantanzas and hold down. Then a smaller force on the east side to create confusion for the Cuban army. And before the invasion there was supposed to be a bomb raid on multiple air bases but many of them missed their targets. The bombers were American World War II B-26 bombers painted to look like stolen Cuban planes. After they landed on the beach they immediately under came fire from Cuban forces. The CIA had a radio outpost on the beach which was aired to all of Cuba,not just the Cuban Resistance. They sank two escort ships, and destroyed half of the resistances air support. With bad weather our ground forces were pinned down and forced to work with wet ammunition and supplies. Kennedy ordered unmarked planes to fly and support the resistance but the aircraft was shot down right away. 1200 members of the resistance surrendered and more than 100 were killed. This plan had so many holes and errors and even President Kennedy said so himself. The news and pictures of American planes leaked shortly after and many Americans were fearfull of Russia and or Cuba starting war. After 20 months of negotiation most of the prisoners were traded for 53 million dollars in food and medicine. Three CIA directors were fired and Kennedy was made to look like a fool. The result of this failure would lead to tension and eventually to the Cuban missile crisis.
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