Bay of Pigs
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Bay of Pigs (17 Apr. 1961) A
CIA-backed invasion attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow
Castro's new Communist regime at Cochinos Bay (Bay of Pigs). Following increasing tensions between the USA and Cuba, an ill-advised and inexperienced President
Kennedy finally gave the go-ahead for the long-prepared invasion. The exiles proved no match for Castro's forces. In addition, the American assumption that the invasion would generate a popular rebellion was completely unfounded. Instead, it proved to be a major boost to Castro's authority, who could claim that all his warnings about US interference and support for the discredited
Batista were true. Moreover, it convinced
Khrushchev of Kennedy's weakness in office, which he subsequently sought to exploit by the building of the
Berlin Wall and the
Cuban Missile Crisis.
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