This event was preceded by an ineffective air raid of eight disguised B-26 bombers as part of Operation Puma.
This event was preceded by an ineffective air raid of eight disguised B-26 bombers as part of Operation Puma. Changes to the original plan for this event made retreat into the Escambray Mountains impossible, and its failure led to the resignation of Allen Dulles. During this event, paratroopers failed to block a road to Playa Larga [PLY-ah LAR-gah] after their equipment landed in a swamp, and at Playa GirÃ³n [PLY-ah hee-ROHN], a group of exiles in Brigade 2506 were defeated. After this failed invasion, a thank you note was sent to the United States by Che Guevara. Name this failed 1961 invasion of Cuba ordered by the Kennedy administration.
This event was preceded by an ineffective air raid of eight disguised B-26 bombers as part of Operation Puma.
Bay of Pigs Invasion [or InvasiÃ³n de BahÃ­a de Cochinos; accept InvasiÃ³n / Batalla de Playa GirÃ³n before "Playa GirÃ³n"; accept Operation Puma before it is mentioned; prompt on Operation Falcon or Operation Zapata]