Bay of Pigs (apr 17, 1961 – apr 19, 1961)
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1400 Cuban exiles invaded the south coast of Cuba, on Bay of Pigs. The whole purpose of this invasion was to get rid of Fidel Castro, after he had overthrown Fulgencio Batista. Again, one of the central goals was to take away communism.
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