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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed attempt by the United States to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro in April 1961. This invasion has been regarded as one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in the history of the United States. The invasion was a result of the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, which had escalated in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution of 1959.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed attempt by the United States to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro in April 1961. This invasion has been regarded as one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in the history of the United States. The invasion was a result of the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, which had escalated in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution of 1959.