(the) Bay of Pigs

(the) Bay of Pigs
the Bay of Pigs UK US
an event in 1961 in which a small group of Cubans supported by the US tried to defeat the government of Fidel Castro The attack failed and made the relationship between the US and Cuba much worse .
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a bay on the south-west coast of Cuba, where in 1961 about 1 500 Cuban ↑exiles, supported by the ↑CIA, landed in an attempt to end the rule of Fidel Castro. The attempt failed, causing great embarrassment to the US President John F ↑Kennedy and making Castro’s position stronger than ever.

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