The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, clandestinely financed and directed by the U.S. government. The operation took place at the height of the Cold War, and its failure influenced relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
Counterattack by Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces near Playa Girón on 19 April 1961
Cuban Army officer Huber Matos after his arrest, being transported to La Cabaña.
The ship La Coubre after exploding in the Havana harbor, 1960. Shortly after Castro would deem the explosion a result of American sabotage, worsening US-Cuba relations.
Nixon and Kennedy debating during the 1960 US Presidential election.
Playa Girón is a beach and village on the east bank of the Bahia de Cochinos, which is located in the province of Matanzas, on the southern coast of Cuba. It is part of the municipality of Ciénaga de Zapata.
Playa Girón at sunset
A roadside billboard in Playa Girón celebrating Cuban victory in 1961
The surf breaking on the rocks of the Playa Girón
'Victory of Socialism' political poster
