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People in charge of the liberation kept asking Kennedy for direct involvement and more resources. Unfortunately, Kennedy lost his nerve and took resources away and demanded no direct American intervention.

People in charge of the liberation kept asking Kennedy for direct involvement and more resources. Unfortunately, Kennedy lost his nerve and took resources away and demanded no direct American intervention.

The landing was hurried. The idea was that the people in Cuba will rise to arms once they learned about the liberation forces landing. Yet tragedy happened. The insurgency didn't happen. And the people near the beach, instead of receiving the liberators, began to attack them as enemies.

The landing was hurried. The idea was that the people in Cuba would join the fight against Castro once they learned about the liberation forces landing. However, the uprising never happened. And the people near the beach, instead of receiving the liberators, began to attack them as enemies.

Castro quickly moved his Soviet tanks and planes to the landing site. Although the Cubans patriots fought heroically and better than the communist Cubans, the bigger numbers and lack of supply line brought an end to the invasion. Over 100 of the anti-Castro Cubans were killed and many more were captured.

Castro quickly moved his tanks (supplied by the Soviet Union) and planes (inherited from the previous regime) to the landing site. Although the Cubans patriots fought heroically and better than the communist Cubans, the bigger numbers and lack of supply line brought an end to the invasion. Within two days, over 100 of the anti-Castro Cubans were killed and over a thousand were captured.

This incident led to the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]

This incident led to the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]

[[Category:United States History]]

[[Category:United States History]]