On this day in 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion took place when a force of 1400 Cuban exiles, funded and led by the U.S., landed on the southwest coast of Cuba in a failed attempt at overthrowing the revolutionary Cuban government.
Covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government, the operation took place at the height of the Cold War and its failure led to major shifts in international relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
The coup attempt came after the Cuban government expropriated property from American capitalists. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower allocated $13.1 million to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in March 1960 for use against Castro’s government. With the aid of Cuban counter-revolutionaries, the CIA proceeded to organize an invasion.
On April 14th, 1961, a squadron of U.S. B-26 bombers camouflaged with Cuban insignias begin a two-day bombing campaign of Cuban airports, destroying a large portion of the Cuban air force.
On the night of April 17th, an invasion force of approximately 1400 Cuban exiles and CIA officers landed on the beach at Playa Girón in the Bay of Pigs. After a few days, the insurgents became overwhelmed by the Cuban army. President Kennedy refused to provide air support for the operation.
The invasion’s defeat solidified Castro’s role as a national hero and strengthened Cuba-Soviet relations. Several Cuban exiles and two Americans were executed upon capture. Over 1,000 prisoners were exchanged for humanitarian aid from the U.S. government.
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The free epub of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions has some of the worst formatting imaginable
It just be my ereader but goddamn
Thinking about how Eurovision Song Contest banned Russia since 2022 “in light of the unprecedented situation in Ukraine” and it could bring the competition into disrepute, but allowed Israel because
ackshually the situation is so complcated and it’s the broadcaster not the country that counts and the Israeli broadcaster complies with The Rules
Had this incredibly strong urge to replay Morrowind again, and specifically to try out Tamriel Rebuilt and the other Project Tamriel mods, but I currently don’t have access to my computer so there was sadly no way to quench my thirst for that good good Morrowind. Or was there?
I present to you: Morrowind if for some reason you wanted to play it on a phone.
And this is the backstory of the guantanamo bay prison camp? Wow.
It is distressing to see the news who refused to acknowledge Palestine protests fall over themselves to talk about the anti trump protests. Reporters flying across the Atlantic to interview one of 10 guys who showed up with a sign saying “Trumpler is gay” while opposition to genocide was totally ignored.
Telling incels to go outside was a fatal mistake #sendtheincelsbacktothebasement
Pulled a long shift and mostly just staring at my phone. Time blindness kinda kicked my ass today, but I also had a larger workload so not sure how many things are culprit. I did get distracted a bit by my phone, but I doubt it was more than a half-hour’s worth. Got home too late to really strum the banjo anyway and lyrics just aren’t coming to me.
The universe is pretty big, I’m sure there’s all kinds of other life out there. But it’s not like I’m ever going to interact with it. Honestly who gives a shit?? Our planet is already full of life nobody fucking cares about
I am registering a formal complaint with trans women to make their video games 10% less difficult.
Yk ow the whole ‘some english surnames are given according to the occupation that people used to have’ with Smith being such a common surname does that mean there was a lot of smithys or smithies just fucked real good
The Lakers just got blown out at home lmao. They were down by around 15-20 for most of the game. They’re supposed to be a championship contender.
I didn’t know the Timberwolves were for real like that right now.
