The Bay of Pigs would turn out to be one of the biggest disasters in American history. On November 27, 1960, President John F Kennedy, was brought into the loop about a mission that was already in place during Eisenhower’s administration that consisted of an invasion of Cuba. Director of the CIA, Allen Dunes, informed Kennedy that this course of action would be a simple procedure that turned into a nightmare of epic proportions. The operation to train anti-Castro Cuban rebels for an invasion in Cuba. The operation was supposed to inspire other rebels to want to overthrow their Communist dictator and abolish communism. Kennedy felt the pressure to continue on with Eisenhower’s plan that was already set in motion. Kennedy didn’t feel 100
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The group who would head this stealth operation, was known as, the Brigade 2506. They invaded Cuba and didn’t have real success. Once one aspects started to spiral, everything after that became complete chaos. It was a snowball effect that should have been seen from the very beginning. Once the Brigade had little success, everyone had that inkling in the bad of their mind that this mission wasn’t going to be too successful. The Brigade 2506 were poorly trained and not trained for guerrilla warfare. During this time, the information of the struggling operation was leaked to the Soviets, who in turn provided this information with Castro. Nothing seemed to be working in America’s favor, but the mission continued along even with low morale. Once the mission continued at its pace and was seen as not becoming very successful, Kennedy felt no choice but to keep going and keep morale high or the American people would view Kennedy’s retreat as a sign of weakness. When the news of the attack was leaked to the public, it allowed Castro all the time management he needed to prepare and adjust his game plan accordingly. Castro couldn’t believe how one sided this outcome had become. Castro never assumed that the U.S. would allow these
The group who would head this stealth operation, was known as, the Brigade 2506. They invaded Cuba and didn’t have real success. Once one aspects started to spiral, everything after that became complete chaos. It was a snowball effect that should have been seen from the very beginning. Once the Brigade had little success, everyone had that inkling in the bad of their mind that this mission wasn’t going to be too successful. The Brigade 2506 were poorly trained and not trained for guerrilla warfare. During this time, the information of the struggling operation was leaked to the Soviets, who in turn provided this information with Castro. Nothing seemed to be working in America’s favor, but the mission continued along even with low morale. Once the mission continued at its pace and was seen as not becoming very successful, Kennedy felt no choice but to keep going and keep morale high or the American people would view Kennedy’s retreat as a sign of weakness. When the news of the attack was leaked to the public, it allowed Castro all the time management he needed to prepare and adjust his game plan accordingly. Castro couldn’t believe how one sided this outcome had become. Castro never assumed that the U.S. would allow these