Answer:
The April 1961 CIA-led invasion of Cuba to topple Fidel Castro that proved to be a total failure when, of the invading force of 1,400, 1,100 were captured and more than 100 killed was the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
Explanation:
On April 17, 1961, a force consisting of 1,500 exiled Cubans attempted to invade Cuba to overthrow the Castro regime by landing on the Bay of Pigs. The invasion attempt was a failure, and the force was defeated by Castro's troops after three days. 100 exile Cubans had been killed, and the remaining 1400 were imprisoned. The main reason they were defeated lay in the expectation of assistance from the United States in the form of bombers. The bombers had been disarmed to look like civil aircraft, which gave them a good camouflage.
The bombers failed to destroy all of Cuba's aircraft. Later attempts with planes that would bomb the remaining planes in Cuba also failed, as the plan was instead shot down by Castro's troops. The US government initially withdrew from intervention but then bought the exiled Cubans back from Castro's hands.
The invasion force had been recruited among Cuban Castro opponents who lived in exile, especially Florida. There it was equipped, trained and financed by the US CIA.
