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This is the bay of pigs invasion while helicopters are moving in.

This is a picture of cuba and as you can see the bay of pigs is marked with a red dot. Questions What happened during the bay of pigs? What was the bay of pigs? Which US agency took part in the bay of pigs? This was a small military action compared to the recent invasions into Iraq and Afganastan, so why was this so important on a global scale?

Question 1 - What happened during the bay of pigs?

During the bay of pigs, The US agency was helping cuba even though they were in an embargo. Since we're in an embargo with Cuba, flights, shimpments, and deliveries aren't aloud out or into cuba from America.

Question 2 - What was the bay of pigs?

The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro, the president of Cuba, to stop the growth of communism throughout the world. On April 15, 1961 America-trained Cubans who used American equipment invaded Cuba to overthrow Castro. The main attack zone was at the Bay of Pigs. Castro’s army was waiting for America’s rebels, and Fidel defeated the exiles. Captured members of the invasion were imprisoned. America had to pay $53,000,000 worth of food and medicine to bail out the prisoners. This was Kennedy’s first major setback in his attempt to stop communism, but later, he had a big success in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Question 3 - Which US agency took part?

The Cuban exiles were trained by the CIA. Even though they were Cuban, they also didn't like Fidell Castro or his communist government.

Question 4 - This was a small military action compared to the recent invasions into Iraq and Afganastan, so why was it so important on a global scale?

It was so important because the US and Cuba are in an embargo and the US stiked first. Also it was big because the ones that landed on the shore and attaked Cuba were Cuban people so they were attaking their own country because they didn't like Fidel Castro or his government ways.