The Influence Of The Bay Of Pig Invasions

The Bay of Pigs Invasions of 1961 was a big failure by the United States President John F. Kennedy and his administrations. It was an embarrassed movement for the United States and a big win for Cuba. The US tried to take back Cuba by overthrow Fidel Castro government. The American government was concern about the economy and their property in Cuba that has been reclaimed by Cuban government without a settlement. As a result, United States decided to invade Castro and his government and take back Cuba. The Bay of Pig invasions was a disaster, and many people suffered especially the middle class. There were many alternative ways the US could peruse, but the leader of Cuba Fidel Castro had supporter which gave him more power. Also, Castro had additional support from the

leader of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R) Nikita Khrushchev.

However, President Kennedy and his administration plan to set up camp in Guatemala bay to trained Central Intelligence Agency and go to war. Therefore, the Bay of Pig invasions was not successful but, it shows all three countries perspective, and it was the significant impact on the communist leader and the president of the United States.

Fidel Castro defeated Fulgencio Batista, a Cuban dictator who ruled twice in Cuba. Sergeant Batista started to clean up public concerns, and under his administration, people were wealthier except lower and middle working class. For poor Castro was a hero because he provides foods and shelter. However, Batista second presidency was corrupt more than the first one. According to Robert Tignor “The latter demanded a voice in politics and a new moral bond between the people and the

government” (Tignor 776). People do not want government control because these would not give them freedom and equal rights so, they called for revolutions. Fidel Castro gave his speech in 1955 and became a hero in people eyes. Fidel Castro a communist and politician who ruled Cuba for six decades. He and his force began to do campaigned for guerrilla welfare. These led to overthrew Batista because Castro didn’t like the idea of the United States operating a business in Cuba. Castro thinks that the economy of Cuba should run by Cuban peoples not by some private American Businessman. However, in 1960 Castro administration took US property that worth more than billion dollars. Charles Phillips mentions this quote in his article “As Castro seized American oil refineries, sugar mills and electric utilities on the island, those who resisted his new direction for Cuba were subjected to arrest, imprisonment, exile or execution” (Phillips 18). At the end of Dwight D. Eisenhower presidency, he commanded a trade ban against Cuba. These lead to the bay of pig’s invasion, and, the United States didn’t like Castro plan for running Cuba because this would end the relationship between two nations.

In contrast, Castro knew Cuba wasn’t powerful as the United States, so he quickly formed a treaty with the communist chairman of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev and declared Cuba communist. Khrushchev who was the secretary of the communist party from 1953 to 1964. Both, Khrushchev and Castro shared common beliefs. Such as, the communist government has more power rather than having capitalist. Also, during the cold war era, Cuba was depended on the Soviet Union for military and aid supply. Because according to Tignor “The United States ended all the aid and sealed off the American markets” (Tignor 776). The relationship between Castro and Khrushchev depend on what Soviet Union gave him such as military, power and positive support to the accusation that the US made towards his communist regime. Furthermore, both US and U.S.S.R had a powerful nuclear missile but, the distance between US and Russia was far. When missiles landed in Cuba, it made the US fear because it would put them in range to hit the entire country, and it would lead to World War 3. Charles Phillips states in his article that the
“In December 1961, he boldly declared an outright alliance with the Soviet Union, at which point Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned that he would defend Cuba against American aggression, even to the point of thermonuclear war” (Phillips, 18).
These show the relationship between the Soviet Union and the US were at their highest point of the tension during of the cold war.

The plan was already approved by Eisenhower administration at the end of his presidency later; it executed by the elected president of 1961 John F. Kennedy. The camp was already set up in Guatemala where fourteen hundred CIA were trained to perform these missions. This fourteen hundred soldier was also known as Brigade 2506. There was two way the US could execute this plan, first murdering him with the poisoned cigar or toxic coffee. Second, which they went for it?

The significant of the Bay of Pigs invasion was a catastrophe because the mission did not go as a plan. First, the B-26 bombers which used during world war 2 left Nicaragua to bomb the Cuban airfield and were painted to look like Cuban airplane. It was a big shame for American when the photo of painted aircraft went public. Furthermore, Kennedy had to cancel the second airstrike because the bomber missed many targets. Second, Castro military killed the trained CIA as soon as they landed on the ground. Also, the ship loaded with soldier was destroyed. The plan was not perfect which lids to kill many soldiers, and some were taken as a prisoner by Castro government. The purpose of this invasion was to bring down Castro and his communist government out of power from Cuba. Instead, it gave Castro both people and military support for resistance towards American aggression. Moreover, Castro captures some CIA and crushed over for few days in jail and sentenced up to thirty years in prison on their trial. However, United States Negotiate with Fidel Castro after twenty months. The deals were to pay a ransom of fifty-three million-dollar, food, aid in exchange for releasing prisoners. Therefore, many people suffered from this invasion including both Cuban and American people. American people were upset of President Kennedy because it was his first fight which he let down American. In the article of the untold story of the bay of pig by Dallek Robert, he mentions that “The assessment was part of a brief prepared for President-elect Kennedy that he never saw.”