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Result: Victory for the Castro leadership of Cuba
Result: Victory for the Castro leadership of Cuba
Castro government commanders: [Fidel Castro]],[[Jose Ramon Fernandez]]and Hispano Soviet [[Francisco Ciutat de Miguel]]
Castro government commanders: [Fidel Castro]],[[Jose Ramon Fernandez]]and Hispano Soviet Francisco Ciutat de Miguel
Invader leadership CIA:
Invader leadership CIA:
Grayston Lynch]]; Cuban exile: Pepe San Roman Erneido Oliva
Strength Castro forces: 51,000
Strength Castro forces: 51,000
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]]. Failure of the operation embolded the Soviet Union to send nuclear missiles to Cuna in 1962 in the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]].
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]]. Failure of the operation embolded the Soviet Union to send nuclear missiles to Cuna in 1962 in the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]].
==Background and preparation==
==Background and preparation==