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Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion on April 17, 1961 was a major disaster and embarrassment for the United States. It all started with the fear of a communist lead country only 90 miles away from United States soil. Reports say that the Central Intelligence Agency knew the invasion was doomed, but never notified President Kennedy about their thought, or what was really going on. Instead they went on with the plans. The plan was to overthrow the communist government and install a Democratic government, much like we did in Guatemala. T...