Question

What was the result of the bay of pigs invasion in 1961

Answer 1

On January 1, 1959 Fidel Castro, a nationalist, overthrew General Fulgencio Batista, Cuba's American backed president. This made the current US President Eisenhower and the VIA nervous. At that time almost half of Cuba's sugar plantations and most of its cattle ranches were owned by US companies and wealthy individuals, there was also a huge American influence over Cuba's mining operations as well. Castro, however, wanted to eliminate US influence over his nations industries.

Eisenhower, then Kennedy when he became President, arranged to train Cuban exiles in guerilla warfare to overthrow Castro. The first plan was to destroy Castro's tiny air force by bombing the air field. But Castro found out about the plan and moved the planes keeping them safe. The next plan was to send the guerilla exiles to invade a isolated spot on the island known as the Bay of pigs. But every detail of the operation was broadcasted by a small radio station on the island that the CIA failed to spot. So Castro was ready for the invasion. Castro's troops were able to pin the invaders, who surrendered in less than a day.
The Bay Of Pigs invasion was a total failure. Kennedy, who didn't want to start WWIll chose not to provoke a all-out war. in 1962the Cuban middle crisis began, which further strained tensions between the Soviet, Cuban and American governments.

Answer 2

The Cuban counter revolutionaries failed and Kennedy was embarrassed.

The Bay of Pigs invasion was carried out by Cuban exiles that had been trained by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Within just days, the force of exiles was soundly defeated by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, commanded by Fidel Castro. In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs affair, Cuba requested that the USSR, as its communist sponsor, place missiles in Cuba to deter further US-sponsored action against the Castro regime.