The Bay of Pings invasion
Why?-Castro started Seizing American-owned businesses and farms when he was leader of Cuba
- Castro alienated the United States and established strong ties with the Soviet Union.
-made the country communist
-The United States wanted Castro out of power
The invasion
-The Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations authorized the CIA to remove him
- Cuban exile community was going attempt to re-take the island, hundreds volunteered- with training and help of the CIA
-The US Air Force sent bombers to soften up Cuba’s defenses and take out the small Cuban Air Force.
- on April 19, the intruders surrendered. Some had been evacuated from the beach, but most (over 1,100) were taken prisoner.
- but eventually the surviving members of the 2506 Brigade were exchanged for about $52 million worth of food and medicine.
Why it Failed
-inability of the US and exile forces to eliminate Cuba's air force
- Cuba was able to sink or drive off all of the supply ships,
-stranding the attackers and cutting off their supplies
- Kennedy refused to allow nearby US naval forces to assist the invasion.
- He also kept it a secrete by painting all the American planes disguise as Cuban
- He was embarrassed, and did not let it happen again in the Stand of Between the U.S and the Soviet Union when they were going to place missiles in Cuba
- Because Cuba thought we would try to invade them again so they needed a defense.
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