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Fidel Castro came into power after over throwing the previous dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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President Eisenhower approved the CIA's plan to overthrow Castro.
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8 bombers disguised as cuban planes attepted to wipe the Castro's airfield.
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The cuban-exiles known as Brigade 2506 land on the beach and are immediatley under heavy fire.
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Castro ordered about 20,000 men to assualt the beach while his airforce controlled the skies.
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Castro's forces defeated the Cuban-exiles. about 100 were killed and the remaining 1200 were captured.
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20 months after the invasion, the exiles are released in exchange for $53 million worth of food and medicine.
