The Bay of Pigs Invasion Intro The Bay of Pigs invasion is historical event of a failed us invasion of Cuba. The failure was due to overconfidence, mismanagement, and lack of secrecy by the US. President Kennedy and the CIA hold the blame not only embarrassing the US but also increasing tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. The Invasion The Bay of Pigs invasion was in 1961. It started on April 15th with the …
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…outcome of the Bay of Pigs failure also made the White House suspicious of an operation that everyone agreed to, made them less reluctant to question the experts, and made them play "devil's advocates"when questioning them. It also lead to the Soviets increasing their military support for Castro. In the end, the lessons learned from the Bay of Pigs failure may have contributed to the successful handling of the Cuban missile crisis that followed.