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. Since 1959, officials at the U.S. State Department and the CIA had attempted to remove Castro.

Detailed explanation-2: -On April 17, 1961, 1, 400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and-trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure. Fidel Castro had been a concern to U.S. policymakers since he seized power in Cuba with a revolution in January 1959.

Detailed explanation-4: -More than 1, 100 men were captured during the Bay of Pigs invasion. After failing to raise the ransom amount demanded by Fidel Castro as reparations, the prisoners were released in exchange for $53, 000, 000 worth of food and medicine. Between December 1962 and July 1965, the survivors were returned to the United States.