USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power.

Detailed explanation-2: -From the White House, US President John F Kennedy cancelled at the last minute the US air strikes that would have neutralised Castro’s aviation. He did so because he felt the United States could not appear to be behind the invasion.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Sandman, after the invasion Kennedy felt he needed a new way to conduct sensitive foreign policy. It was the height of the Cold War, and JFK felt that he could no longer trust the CIA, along with much of the foreign policy establishment he inherited, including the National Security Council.

Detailed explanation-4: -When studying reconnaissance photographs, CIA analysts had failed to spot coral reefs in the shallow waters of the Bay of Pigs that impeded the progress of landing craft and disabled a pair of boats. In addition, one of the red signal lights carried by a frogman accidentally flickered offshore.