Battle of Girón (Bay of Pigs Invasion)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Girón_(Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion)

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Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion gptkb:Invasión_de_Playa_Girón
gptkbp:casualties	over 1,100 captured (Brigade 2506) over 100 killed (Brigade 2506) about 176 killed (Cuban government)
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Brigade_2506 gptkb:Cuban_Revolutionary_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Manuel_Artime gptkb:Fidel_Castro gptkb:Erneido_Oliva gptkb:José_Ramón_Fernández
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:date	April 17, 1961 April 19, 1961
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Operation_Mongoose
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Girón (Bay of Pigs Invasion)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Bay_of_Pigs gptkb:Playa_Girón
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	international attention
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:John_F._Kennedy gptkb:Richard_Bissell gptkb:Che_Guevara gptkb:Jack_Hawkins gptkb:Raúl_Castro gptkb:E._Howard_Hunt gptkb:Grayston_Lynch
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	about 1,400 (Brigade 2506) about 20,000 (Cuban government)
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Cuban_Revolution
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Cuban_Revolution
gptkbp:presidentOfUSAtTime	gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:purpose	overthrow Fidel Castro's government
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkbp:result	Cuban government victory
gptkbp:shipsInvolved	gptkb:Houston gptkb:García gptkb:Playa_Girón gptkb:San_Román gptkb:Lake_Charles gptkb:Zapata gptkb:Caribe gptkb:Playa_Larga gptkb:Celeste gptkb:Río_Escondido gptkb:Aguja gptkb:B-26_bombers gptkb:Barbara_J gptkb:Sao_Luis Atlantico Blagar
gptkbp:significance	led to closer Cuba-Soviet Union relations major failure for U.S. foreign policy strengthened Fidel Castro's position
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Estadio_Victoria_de_Girón
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7