The end result of the invasion left Cuba with large amounts of political capital, and 1,179 prisoners from the invasion for which to bargain with. Cuba did not want to keep the prisoners for the most part, and decided that they would bargain them off for tractors and other equipment used for farming . This event did not end up happening due to disagreements over the exact ransom, and the wording to be used for the prisoner exchange, as Cuba wanted it to be declared as reparations for the damage to the Cuban people, not ransom. Cuba did eventually trade the prisoners away for what amounted to large amounts of food and medicine .
What the Bay of Pigs did more than anything though was cement the rule of the revolutionary government. Invasion by …show more content…
This plan, called Operation Mongoose, was a series of assassination attempts to try and overthrow the Cuban government without direct military invasion partly due to their perceived threat and partly as payback for the Bay of Pigs . These events only increased the paranoia in Castro’s regime as he feared more American interventionism and aligned himself closer and closer to the Soviet Union, accept arms and economic trade from them increasing numbers following the Bay of Pigs and subsequent assassination attempts …show more content…
This was for a variety of reasons that this paper has looked at. First and foremost, the invasion was a disaster militarily. The Cuban forces that landed on the beaches of the Bay of Pigs were well armed, and equipped, but poorly organized. The lack of a proper plan or chain of command led to chaos in the ranks, and the lack of promised American support meant that the counter-revolutionaries could not hold onto enough ground to complete their plan. Furthermore, Castro’s quick reaction to the assault through the use of air-power and militia to bog the invasion down before the assault got truly started or dug in so that when the main body arrived they faced little resistance. These events were dramatic, not only for the battles, but also for the political
What the Bay of Pigs did more than anything though was cement the rule of the revolutionary government. Invasion by …show more content…
This plan, called Operation Mongoose, was a series of assassination attempts to try and overthrow the Cuban government without direct military invasion partly due to their perceived threat and partly as payback for the Bay of Pigs . These events only increased the paranoia in Castro’s regime as he feared more American interventionism and aligned himself closer and closer to the Soviet Union, accept arms and economic trade from them increasing numbers following the Bay of Pigs and subsequent assassination attempts …show more content…
This was for a variety of reasons that this paper has looked at. First and foremost, the invasion was a disaster militarily. The Cuban forces that landed on the beaches of the Bay of Pigs were well armed, and equipped, but poorly organized. The lack of a proper plan or chain of command led to chaos in the ranks, and the lack of promised American support meant that the counter-revolutionaries could not hold onto enough ground to complete their plan. Furthermore, Castro’s quick reaction to the assault through the use of air-power and militia to bog the invasion down before the assault got truly started or dug in so that when the main body arrived they faced little resistance. These events were dramatic, not only for the battles, but also for the political