The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
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The story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs is one of mismanagement, overconfidence, and lack of security. The blame for the failure of the operation falls directly in the lap of the Central Intelligence Agency and a young president and his advisors. The fall out from the invasion c ....
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.... de Cuba were fired upon. Seven people were killed at Libertad and forty-seven people were killed at other sites on the island.
Two of the B-26s left Cuba and flew to Miami, apparently to defect to the United States. The Cuban Revolutionary Council, the government in exile, in New York City released a statement saying that the bombings in Cuba were "... carried out by 'Cubans inside Cuba' who were 'in contact with' the top command of the Revolutionary Council ... ." The New York Times repor ....
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