Bay of Pigs, April 1961: The Failed Landing Community · History Trace the planning, landings, Cuban counterattack, and diplomatic fallout of the attempted invasion in April 1961.
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Cuban leader in “Bay of Pigs, April 1961: The Failed Landing”. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011.
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Invasion force in “Bay of Pigs, April 1961: The Failed Landing”. Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles formed in 1960 to attempt the military overthrow of the Cuban government headed by Fidel Castro. It carried out the abortive Bay of Pigs Invasion landings in Cuba on 17 April 1961.
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Landing area in “Bay of Pigs, April 1961: The Failed Landing”. The Bay of Pigs is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones, located on the southern coast of Cuba.
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Cuban commander in “Bay of Pigs, April 1961: The Failed Landing”. José Ramón Fernández Álvarez was a Cuban Communist leader who was a vice-president of the Council of Ministers.
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Invasion beach in “Bay of Pigs, April 1961: The Failed Landing”. Playa Girón is a beach and village on the east bank of the Bahia de Cochinos, which is located in the province of Matanzas, on the southern coast of Cuba. It is part of the municipality of Ciénaga de Zapata.
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CIA director in “Bay of Pigs, April 1961: The Failed Landing”. Allen Welsh Dulles was an American lawyer who was the first civilian director of central intelligence (DCI) and its longest serving director.
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Political background in “Bay of Pigs, April 1961: The Failed Landing”. The Cuban Revolution was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew the emerging Cuban democracy and consolidated power.