Describe the Bay of Pigs Invasion (4 Marks)

Four points are needed to answer this question or if you cannot remember four points you can then expand on two points in enough detail. Point 3 would be worth 2 marks.* USA banned all trade with Cuba and in January 1961 cut off diplomatic relations* In April 1961 President Kennedy made available weapons and transport for an attempt to overthrow Castro.* In this invasion, 1,500 Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs to find themselves faced with 20,000 Cuban troops armed with weapons supplied by the USSR* In September 1961 Khrushchev publicly announced that he would provide arms to Cuba