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Defining Moment · 65 years ago today
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A CIA-trained force of approximately 1,400 Cuban exiles (Brigade 2506) landed at the Bay of Pigs on Cuba's southern coast in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's government. The invasion was a catastrophic failure — without promised air support and facing 20,000 Cuban defenders, the brigade was defeated within three days.
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