apr 1, 1961 - Bay of Pigs Invasion
Description:
-Fidel Castro overthrew Cuban dictator and nationalized US owned businesses and properties in Cuba and turned to Soviet for support- Kennedy approved a plan to use Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro's regime
- CIA trained force landed at Bay of Pigs but failed to set off uprising
- Anti-Castro Cubans surrendered after Kennedy rejected the idea of using US forces to save them. Castro got more aid from Soviet Union
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 1, 1961
Now
~ 64 years ago