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Bay of Pigs Invasion
In April 1961 Cuban exiles, backed by the US government, tried to overthrow Castro. Boatloads of counter-revolutionaries stormed the beaches of a bay in Cuba. The mission failed.
In April 1961 Cuban exiles, backed by the US government, tried to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Fifty years ago boatloads of counter-revolutionaries stormed the beaches of a bay in Cuba.
They soon ran out of ammunition, and without backup their mission failed.
We hear from one of those exiles.
Picture: Captured - the US-backed force of Cuban exiles who attempted invasion at the Bay of Pigs, Credit: Three Lions/Getty Images
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