Lauriel+S.

=**May 10, 2010 - Preliminary research**=

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The failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was a terrible embarrassment to the Kennedy Administration, and many believe the Bay of Pigs incident led directly to the Cuban Missile Crisis.


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The failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was a terrible embarrassment to the Kennedy Administration, and many believe the Bay of Pigs incident led directly to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempt in 1961 to overthrow the Cuban Government, and take down Fidel Castro with the US Cuban exiles. The United States broke off diplomatic relations in January 1961. The CIA was planning an invasion into Cuba, which was approved by President Eisenhower's successor, John F. Kennedy.
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 Lauriel Simpson  May 25, 2010  Div 108- 2nd period       Bay of Pigs Invasion   The failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was a terrible embarrassment to the Kennedy Administration, and many believe the Bay of Pigs incident led directly to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the [|United] States in October 1962, during the Cold War. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempt in 1961 to overthrow the Cuban Government, and take down Fidel Castro with the United States Cuban exiles. The United States broke off diplomatic relations in January 1961. The CIA was planning an invasion into Cuba, which was approved by President Eisenhower's successor, John F. Kennedy. Planning for the invasion began in 1960, before diplomatic ties with Cuba had been broken. The situation was delicate, since the plan was to overthrow a government with which the United States was not at war everything was not successful. On April 12, 1961, Kennedy told a press conference that the United States had no intention of intervening in Cuban affairs. Five days later, the invasion took place. The invasion force had been assembled in Guatemala. It departed in six ships from a port in Nicaragua on April 14. On April 15, the American-backed Cuban exiles began to bomb airfields near two points in the Bay of Pigs and the Zapata swamps in Cuba. Within the first few hours of the operation, it began to appear that the invasion would fail because it had not garnered the support from locals on which they were counting. Much to the CIA’s surprise, locals firmly supported Castro and the Revolution. 
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