14 April 1961
Baracoa Diversion Launched
Diaz attempts a diversionary landing intended to distract Cuban defenders.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Baracoa in Cuba. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Diaz attempts a diversionary landing intended to distract Cuban defenders.
Diaz commands an attempted diversionary landing near Baracoa.
During the night of 14/15 April, a diversionary landing was planned near Baracoa, Oriente Province, by about 164 Cuban exiles commanded by Higinio 'Nino' Diaz
On the night of 15/16 April, the Nino Diaz group failed in a second attempted diversionary landing at a fresh location near Baracoa
Diaz leads a second unsuccessful diversionary landing attempt near Baracoa.
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