Bay of Pigs

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The Bay of Pigs project came to life when President Eisenhower approved an initial budget of $4,400,000; political action, $950,000; propaganda, $1,700,000; paramilitary, $1,500,000; intelligence collection, $250,000. (“BAY OF PIGS: THE PLAN”) The invasion, a year later, would cost over $46 million. (“BAY OF PIGS: THE PLAN”) The Bay of Pigs affair was an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba on April 17, 1961, at Playa Girón (the Bay of Pigs) by about two thousand Cubans who had gone into exile after the 1959 revolution. (“BAY OF PIGS: THE PLAN”) Encouraged by members of the CIA who trained them, the invaders believed they would have air and naval support from the United States and that the invasion would cause the people of Cuba to rise up and overthrow. (“BAY OF PIGS: THE PLAN”) The landing began shortly before midnight on Sunday, April 16, after a team of frogmen went ashore and set up landing lights to guide the operation. (“THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS”) The failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion was due to a lack of planned strategy, miscommunication, and mismanagement of planning.
The absence of strategic planning was one of the key factors in the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion. When the United States began the attempt, they started with armed Cubans originally exiled by their own country, Cuba. (“THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS”) This was all led by a man of the name, Fidel Castro and took place in 1961. (“THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS”) Because of Fidel’s actions, the movement caused many anti Cuban-U.S. actions. (“THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION BEGINS”) While president Eisenhower was in office in the beginning of this event, it was in fact President Nixon who pushed blindly forward with the plan. (“THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION BEGINS”) As Nixon got more ...

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...to death. (“BAY OF PIGS: THE PLAN”)
The failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion was due to a lack of planned strategy, miscommunication, and mismanagement of planning. Between these three components, the invasion was bound to come to an abrupt halt and even an impending failure. Even with the backup plans set in forth by the Presidential Administration, their intentions seemed to backfire when Castro’s Intelligence Forces knew well before hand about the near attack that the President Kennedy had set in motion.

Works Cited

"BAY OF PIGS: THE PLAN."
US Department Of State. October 31, 2013. Web.
5 Mar. 2014. ‹ https://history.state.gov›.

"BAY OF PIGS INVASION BEGINS."
The History Network. April 13 2010. Web.
5 Mar. 2014. ‹ http://www.history.com›.

"THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS."
The History Network. December 29, 2013. Web.
5 Mar. 2014. ‹ https://history.state.gov›.

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