The BBC's Michael Voss examines how the US-backed invasion of Cuba 50 years ago turned into a humiliating defeat that affects US-Cuban relations to this day.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Playa Girón or Invasión de BahÃa de Cochinos or Batalla de Girón), was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961.
The BBC's Michael Voss examines how the US-backed invasion of Cuba 50 years ago turned into a humiliating defeat that affects US-Cuban relations to this day.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Playa Girón or Invasión de BahÃa de Cochinos or Batalla de Girón), was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961.
