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 Girón [PLY-ah hee-ROHN], a group of exiles in Brigade 2506 were defeated.
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 Girón [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 Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos; accept Invasión / Batalla de  Playa Girón before “Playa Girón”; accept Operation Puma before it is mentioned; prompt on  Operation Falcon or Operation Zapata]