BBC3 年
How the Bay of Pigs invasion began - and failed - 60 years on
The Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 was doomed to fail even before the first shot was fired. The Brigade still blames Washington. From the White House, US President John F Kennedy cancelled at the ...
UPI11 年
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The first word came from the UPI listening post in Miami. Unknown Speaker: "An invasion force landed in south central Cuba this morning, some 90 miles from Havana, and is fighting its way towards ...
WFMZ-TV2 年
1961: Bay of Pigs
On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion by the third day.
UPI9 年
Cuba: Bay of Pigs
WASHINGTON, April 17, 1961 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Dean ... never planned to provide air cover for the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.He also told a news conference that continuous ...
Business Insider India2 年
We saw the tank Fidel Castro used during America's failed Bay of Pigs invasion
Sitting in Havana's Revolution Square is the original Soviet-made SAU-100 tank Fidel Castro used during America's failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Shortly before midnight on April 16, 1961 ...
PBS7 年
Operation Mongoose
The failure of the Bay of Pigs invassion in April 1961 was a disaster for the Kennedy ... in the decision to launch the Bay of Pigs invasion, John Kennedy placed Cuba in the hands of the one ...