The Bay of Pigs Invasion & Operation Mongoose: A Cold War Confrontation

With President Trump’s release of documents related to the Kennedy assassination, this video serves as a reminder of key historical events that may appear in these records.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed CIA-backed operation in April 1961, aimed at toppling Fidel Castro’s government. But what went wrong? Why did the mission unravel so quickly? And how did it escalate tensions between the U.S. and Cuba?
In this video, we explore the lead-up to the invasion, its disastrous failure, and the lasting impact—including the covert Operation Mongoose and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
From CIA-trained Cuban exiles to Cold War conflicts, this is the story of one of America’s most infamous military missteps.
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