Newly declassified U.S. documents show a CIA operative accidentally fired on friendly pilots during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ... The WFP condemned any diversion of "even the smallest ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Archival video of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the reaction among countries is shown. On April 17, 1961, a force of more than 1,400 CIA-trained ...

Sixty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion - the failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba - the island continues to celebrate its victory while the invaders who survived live on ...

But for those who stormed a small stretch of Cuban coastline on April 17, 1961, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion was a turning point in the fight against an oppressive communist dictatorship ...

Shortly after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, a top CIA official told an investigative commission that the Soviet Union had somehow learned the exact date of the amphibious ...

More than 50 years after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba, the Central Intelligence Agency and scholars are battling over the release of a secret document that could challenge assumptions ...

MIAMI – Veterans from the failed Bay of Pigs invasion are celebrating 50 years since their release from Cuba. The first planeload of prisoners arrived at Homestead Air Force Base on Dec. 23 ...

The next day they were awakened by the sound of gunfire. The Bay of Pigs invasion had begun. “We were caught in the middle of the fighting between the mercenaries and Cuban forces. Planes were ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) - For those who stormed a small stretch of Cuban coastline on April 17, 1961, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion was a turning point in the fight against an oppressive communist ...

On April 17, 1961, over 1,000 Cuban exiles launched an invasion into Cuba in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's government. This became known as the Bay of Pigs invasion. View the videos below ...

The first word came from the UPI listening post in Miami. Unknown Speaker: "An invasion force landed in south central Cuba this morning, some 90 miles from Havana, and is fighting its way towards ...