The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces are the military forces of Cuba. They include Revolutionary Army, Revolutionary Navy, Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force, and other paramilitary bodies includ
Soldiers of the FAR
Guards at the Mausoleum of José Martí, Santiago de Cuba
Soldiers of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias on a motorbike
Cuban MiG-21MF from the 1970s
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion, also known as Playa Girón in Cuba, after the beach where the battle took place, was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
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Counterattack by Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces near Playa Girón on 19 April 1961
Provisional President of Cuba Manuel Urrutia with rebel leaders Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, 1959
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 afterward, Castro would deem the explosion a result of American sabotage, worsening US–Cuba relations.