History GCSE
Bay of Pigs incident
What Bay of Pigs incident means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The April 1961 invasion in which the CIA trained Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro, which failed disastrously and humiliated President Kennedy.
Topics that use Bay of Pigs incident
- Option P4: Key topic 2: Cold War crises, 1958–70 - 1 Increased tension between East and West (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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