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The Bay of Pigs Invasion, also known as La Batalla de Giron took place in Southern Cuba. When Fidel Castro took over Cuba many Cubans fled to America. Eisenhower Was worried about having a communist nation only 90 miles away during the cold war. He decided to train and arm the Cuban exiles and send them back to defeat and take over Cuba. On April 17, 1961 the battle began and it took 3 days. The Cuban army captured or killed most of the soldiers, and won the battle. In the end there were about 300 deaths.

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