It was the Bay of Pigs Fiasco. It was an invasion of Cuban exiles whose goal
is to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
It was launched in Guatemala by CIA-trained counter-revolutionary forces
known as Brigade 2506. Though they were
supported by American bombers who bombarded the Cuban airfields and managed to
overwhelm a small militia, they were crushed by a Cuban counter-offensive by
Jose Ramon Fernandez. Later, Castro himself led the attack and the invaders
surrendered and were imprisoned on April 20, 1961.
