The Bay of Pigs Invasion     The Wreckage of a crashed CIA bomber from the failed invasion at the revolution museum Havana, Cuba. Hits since April 15, 1999 (Tax Day)     Fidel Castro took over power in Cuba in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution.  However, unlike the former leader in Cuba who cooperated with the western democratic nations, Castro cooperated with the Communists of the Soviet Union.  By doing so, Fidel Castro essentially signed a declaration of war with the Western nations, one of which is the United States.  Most U.S. politicians had anti communism views that got them elected.  One of these politicians was John F. Kennedy.  And he was one of the people who knew that the only way to be elected was to be against communism.  This he was, and was elected president of the United States.  As the press said that something had to be done, the president before Kennedy, Eisonhower, gave the CIA money to conduct a CIA plan titled, "A Program of Covert Action Against The Castro Regime."  This was the beginning of the attack at the Bay Of Pigs.       The Planning     The Invasion      The Time After     Links    Sources    Photo Gallery   This page last updated 4/21/99.