The story of the failed invasion of
Cuba at the Bay of Pigs is one of mismanagement,
overconfidence, and lack of security. The blame for the
failure of the operation falls directly in the lap of the Central
Intelligence Agency and a young president and his advisors.
The fall out from the invasion caused a rise in tension
between the two great superpowers and ironically 34 years
after the event, the person that the invasion meant to topple,
Fidel Castro, is still in power. To understand the origins of
the invasion and its ramifications for the future it is first
necessary to look at the invasion and its origins. Part I: The
Invasion and its Origins. The Bay of Pigs invasion of April
1961, started a few days before on April 15th with the
bombing of Cuba by what appeared to be defecting Cuban
air force pilots. At 6 a.m. in the morning of that Saturday,
three Cuban military bases were bombed by B-26 bombers.
The airfields at Camp Libertad, San Antonio de los Ba¤os
and......

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Title: The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
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