The Bay of Pigs disaster began with the Eisenhower administration and moved into the Kennedy administration. The main goal was to train Cuban refugees to take over Cuba and kill Fidel Castro. The mission failed miserably, with many of the trained troops dying. The Cuban military defeated the invading force in a matter of days and the event accelerated a rapid deterioration in Cuban-American relations.
1. Why would America invade communist Cuba?
2. Was this a success or a failure?
3. What can we learn from it?
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