Fidel Castro17 April 1961
Castro directly commands Cuban armed forces responding to the Brigade 2506 landings.
Cuba · Warfare / Bay of Pigs Invasion. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Castro directly commands Cuban armed forces responding to the Brigade 2506 landings.
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