Amphibious operations, the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.

Bay of Pigs that have been translated directly from English, the Bay of Pigs, as the troops landed on the beach, Playa Girón in the Bay of Pigs to the southeast of the La Havane with the aim to overthrow the revolution of Fidel Castro.The troops landed, which was held on 17 Apr 1961 and was continued for 3 days before I will surrender, and were captured from 1400 to his death 118 people. 1,189 were captured. There are only a few tens of people have fled. Although it is not operating, but its most formidable, not least because it is a major cause of Fidel Castro sought to ensure the safety of his country from the U.S. military. The turn to the Soviet Union and the missile crisis the following year for the first time. And one near the mouth of hell, the world has never been this much of a nuclear war. And the failure of this operation is the image of the United States. During the Cold War was very intense.