The white sand beach of Bay of Pigs, Playa Giron. For many, the Bay of Pigs is synonymous with the botched US-sponsored invasion in 1961 that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The 1959 Revolution saw the United States ousted from the country and replaced with the Communist Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
Feb 23, 2023
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On April 17, the Cuban-exile invasion force, known as Brigade 2506, landed at beaches along the Bay of Pigs and immediately came under heavy fire. Cuban ...
The Bay of Pigs is a 12.5-mile-long (20-km) bay on the southern coast of Cuba. Fringed by the Península de Zapata, this bay is named for the wild pigs that once ...