Bay of Pigs invasion

When

17 Apr 1961 – 19 Apr 1961

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

22.22° N, 81.17° W

Description

failed landing operation of Cuba in 1961

Cause

Cuban Revolution

1961 failed landing operation of Cuba

The Bay of Pigs Invasion, also known as Playa Girón in Cuba, after the beach where the battle took place, was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the United States and the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, clandestinely and directly financed by the U.S. government.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba begins; it fails by April 19.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Küba'daki Fidel Castro iktidarına karşı Domuzlar Körfezi Çıkarması başladı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Invasion in der Schweinebucht”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “débarquement de la baie des Cochons”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “высадка десанта кубинских эмигрантов, подготовленных ЦРУ, в заливе Кочинос”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Cuba inicia la invasión por Playa Girón llevada a cabo por 1400 exiliados cubanos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “猪湾事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page