The Bay of Pigs invasion was a waste of America’s time and the invasion should not have been thought about in the first place. It was just lost of $13 million and lives that shouldn’t have been in the invasion. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) just gave the Frente Revolucionario Democratico (FRD) guns and told them run back into Cuba and give it the best you got. Also, shows that we get ahead of ourselves and that we get worked up over the littlest things. When we do we do not think about, have the time to prepare, and going into it then thinking on what to do and by that time it was too late to start planning.
A little bit of thought process could have made this invasion into a happy victory, instead of total embarrassing loss, and also from losing guns in the water to having no support, …show more content…
Castro ordered 20,000 troops to go to the beaches. The Cuban air force were controlling the air. B-26’s arrived an hour late due to timezone change between Nicaragua and Cuba (jfklibrary, n.d.). Castro must have been very strategic or lucky with his counter-attack.
After the invasion, Castro had to think on what to do with the traitors. After the planes were shot down, some exiles manage to leave Cuba, others could not Have. About 1,200 members of the invasion team were captured, and 100 were killed. The Brigade remained in Prison for 20 months (jfklibrary,n.d.). It was harsh for the Brigade, a big lose and 20 months in prison.
After the lose Kennedy had to find away to get them back, and honor their week. Robert F. Kennedy negotiated on $53 million worth of baby food and medicine for exchanges of the prisoners (jfklibriary, n.d.). When the first plane of freed prisoners, Kennedy a week later held a ceremony for them (jfklibrary, n.d.). The ceremony was held at Miami's Orange Bowl, and sent the Brigade flag to Havana (jfklibrary, n.d.).Kennedy pretty much honored then for their
A little bit of thought process could have made this invasion into a happy victory, instead of total embarrassing loss, and also from losing guns in the water to having no support, …show more content…
Castro ordered 20,000 troops to go to the beaches. The Cuban air force were controlling the air. B-26’s arrived an hour late due to timezone change between Nicaragua and Cuba (jfklibrary, n.d.). Castro must have been very strategic or lucky with his counter-attack.
After the invasion, Castro had to think on what to do with the traitors. After the planes were shot down, some exiles manage to leave Cuba, others could not Have. About 1,200 members of the invasion team were captured, and 100 were killed. The Brigade remained in Prison for 20 months (jfklibrary,n.d.). It was harsh for the Brigade, a big lose and 20 months in prison.
After the lose Kennedy had to find away to get them back, and honor their week. Robert F. Kennedy negotiated on $53 million worth of baby food and medicine for exchanges of the prisoners (jfklibriary, n.d.). When the first plane of freed prisoners, Kennedy a week later held a ceremony for them (jfklibrary, n.d.). The ceremony was held at Miami's Orange Bowl, and sent the Brigade flag to Havana (jfklibrary, n.d.).Kennedy pretty much honored then for their