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The answer is D! This was during the Cold War and Fidel Castro was a Communist (America as a whole did not like Communism and Communists *cough* Soviet Union *cough*) and since Cuba is right off the coast of the USA they were worried about nuclear weapons and missiles (The Cuban Missile Crisis) they tried (and failed) to overthrow the Communist leader.
The correct option is D.
What is the Bay of Pigs and why did it happen?
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure. Fidel Castro had been a concern to U.S. policymakers since he seized power in Cuba with a revolution in January 1959.
What happened at the Bay of Pigs in 1961?
Bay of Pigs invasion, (April 17, 1961), abortive invasion of Cuba at the Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), or Playa Girón (Girón Beach) to Cubans, on the southwestern coast by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. The invasion was financed and directed by the U.S. government.
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