This Day In History

April 17th – The Bay of Pigs Invasion Goes Awry


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The invasion was widely regarded as “The Perfect Failure.” On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the disastrous Bay of Pigs Invasion. In 1961, a CIA-funded, and American-trained, group of Cuban refugees attempted to attack and topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. An utter failure from the...
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