Two days later the Cubans trained by the United States and using U.S. equipment landed at several sites. The principal landing took place at the Bay of Pigs on the south-central coast. The invasion force was unequal to the strength of Castro’s troops, and by April 19 its last stronghold had been captured, along with more than 1,100 men. In the aftermath of the invasion, critics charged the CIA with supplying faulty information to the new president and also noted that, in spite of Kennedy’s orders, supporters of Batista were included in the invasion force, whereas members of the noncommunist People’s Revolutionary Movement, considered the most capable anti-Castro group, were excluded”(Britannica,
Two days later the Cubans trained by the United States and using U.S. equipment landed at several sites. The principal landing took place at the Bay of Pigs on the south-central coast. The invasion force was unequal to the strength of Castro’s troops, and by April 19 its last stronghold had been captured, along with more than 1,100 men. In the aftermath of the invasion, critics charged the CIA with supplying faulty information to the new president and also noted that, in spite of Kennedy’s orders, supporters of Batista were included in the invasion force, whereas members of the noncommunist People’s Revolutionary Movement, considered the most capable anti-Castro group, were excluded”(Britannica,