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Line 19: + + + + + + + + + + + + − |date=[[April 15]] - [[April 19]], [[1961]] − |place=[[Bay of Pigs]], Southern [[Cuba]] − |casus=[[Cuban Revolution|The Cuban Revolution]] − |territory= − |result=Victory for the Socialist Republic of Cuba − |combatant1=[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|22px]] [[Cuba]]ns trained by [[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|22px]] Soviet advisers − |combatant2=[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|22px]][[Cuban exile]]s trained by the [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|22px]] [[United States]] − |commander1=[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|22px]] [[Fidel Castro]]<BR>[[Jose Ramon Fernandez]]<BR> [[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|22px]] [[Francisco Ciutat de Miguel]] − |commander2=[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Grayston Lynch]]<BR> [[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|22px]] [[Pepe San Roman]]<BR> [[Erneido Oliva]] − |strength1=51,000 − |strength2=1,500 − |casualties1=various estimates; over 1,600 dead (Triay p. 81) to 5,000 total estimated (Grayston) − |casualties2=115 dead<br>1,189 captured − }} − [[Image:Alerta.jpg|thumb|230px|Cuban poster warning before invasion showing a soldier armed with an [[RPD]] [[machine gun]].]]
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===Details===
===Details===
Time: [[April 15]] - [[April 19]], [[1961]]
Place: [[Bay of Pigs]], Southern [[Cuba]]
Result Victory for the Castro leadership of Cuba
Castro government commanders [Fidel Castro]]<BR>[[Jose Ramon Fernandez]][[Francisco Ciutat de Miguel]]
Invader leadershio [[Grayston Lynch]]<BR> [[[Pepe San Roman]]<BR> [[Erneido Oliva]]
Strength Castro forces 51,000
Strenght invading forces 1,500
Casualties Castro forces various estimates; over 1,600 dead (Triay p. 81) to 5,000 total estimated (Grayston)
Casualties Invading forces 115 dead and 1,189 captured
The 1961 '''Bay of Pigs Invasion''' (also known in Cuba as the '''Playa Girón''' after the beach in the [[Bay of Pigs]] where the landing took place) was an unsuccessful [[United States]]-planned and funded attempted invasion by armed [[Cuban exile]]s in southwest [[Cuba]]. An attempt to overthrow the government of [[Fidel Castro]], this action accelerated a rapid deterioration in [[Cuban-American relations]], worsened by the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] the following year. The name Bay of Pigs comes from Bahia de Cochinos, where in all probability "Cochino" refers to a species of [[Triggerfish]] (Balistes vetula) [http://www.invemar.org.co/redcostera1/invemar/docs/Vol33/BIMC_33_03_Claro.pdf], rather than pigs [[Sus scrofa]].
The 1961 '''Bay of Pigs Invasion''' (also known in Cuba as the '''Playa Girón''' after the beach in the [[Bay of Pigs]] where the landing took place) was an unsuccessful [[United States]]-planned and funded attempted invasion by armed [[Cuban exile]]s in southwest [[Cuba]]. An attempt to overthrow the government of [[Fidel Castro]], this action accelerated a rapid deterioration in [[Cuban-American relations]], worsened by the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] the following year. The name Bay of Pigs comes from Bahia de Cochinos, where in all probability "Cochino" refers to a species of [[Triggerfish]] (Balistes vetula) [http://www.invemar.org.co/redcostera1/invemar/docs/Vol33/BIMC_33_03_Claro.pdf], rather than pigs [[Sus scrofa]].