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Bay of Pigs Invasion

BelligerentsUnited StatesCuban DRFCubaCommanders and leadersJohn F. KennedyRobert McNamaraRobert F. KennedyMaxwell D. TaylorCharles CabellPepe San Román(POW)Erneido Oliva(POW)Manuel Artime(POW)Félix RodríguezHiginio "Nino" DíazFrancisco Pérez Castro(POW)Ricardo Montero Duque(POW)Fidel CastroChe GuevaraJuan A. BosqueRamiro ValdésRaúl CastroEfigenio AmeijeirasJosé Ramón FernándezUnits involvedCIAOperation 40Brigade 2506U.S. Air ForceAlabama Air National GuardU.S. NavyCuban Revolutionary Armed ForcesNational Revolutionary Police ForceNational Revolutionary MilitiaStrength1,500 ground forces16 B-26 Invader bombers 45 F4U Corsair fighters8 C-46 transport planes 6 C-54 transport planes5 M41 light tanks5 supply ships4 troop shipsMultiple artillery, mortars, Jeeps, and trucks25,000 Cuban Army200,000 Militia9,000 armed National Police4 Lockheed T-33 jets4 Hawker Sea Fury fighters7 B-26 Invader bombers 100+ tanks T-34-85 medium tanksIS-2 heavy tanksSU-100 self-propelled gunsSeveral 76.2-mm and 122-mm artillery piecesCasualties and lossesBrigade 2506: 114 killed360 wounded1,202 captured (including wounded)Hundreds executed5 B-26 bombers shot downUnited States: 4 killed2 B-26 bombers shot down2 supply ships lostCuban Armed Forces:176 killed400–500 wounded1 B-26 bomber shot down1 Hawker Sea Fury shot down1 patrol ship sunkUnknown number of T-34-85 tanks and SU-100 guns destroyedNational Militia:2,000 killed and woundedPersonalFamilyMilitary service in WWIIWhy England SleptProfiles in CourageA Nation of Immigrants35th President of the United StatesPresidencytimelineTransitionInaugurationTenureExecutive actionsNew FrontierForeign policyDoctrine"A Strategy of Peace"Bay of PigsCuban Missile CrisisCivil Rights AddressPartial Nuclear Test Ban TreatyClean Air ActPeace Corps"We choose to go to the Moon"Space programsMercuryGeminiApolloAppointmentsCabinetFederal judgesSupreme Court candidatesAssassinationTimelinePerpetratorMedia coverageReactionsConspiracy theoriesCIAIn popular cultureRifleAutopsyState funeraldignitariesEternal FlamePresidential campaigns1960primariesconventionvice presidential candidate selectiondebateselectionLegacyEponymsLibraryCultural depictionsPersonalEarly lifeFidelismoReligious viewsDairyDeath and state funeralMy Life: A Spoken AutobiographyCuban RevolutionAttack on the Moncada BarracksHistory Will Absolve Me26th of July MovementLanding of the GranmaTriumph of the RevolutionProvisional governmentConsolidation of the Cuban RevolutionProclamation Against Discrimination"Revolution first, elections later"Agrarian reformsHuber Matos affairCIA assassination attemptsP.M. affairBay of Pigs InvasionEscalante affairCuban Missile CrisisRevolutionary OffensiveState visit to ChileConstitutional governmentRectification processIntervention in AngolaPresidential duties transferLegacyAwards and honoursEponymsCuban dissident movementJustin Trudeau conspiracy theoryThe 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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