IMAGO History, Cuba, Start of the Bay of Pigs invasion, 65th anniversary on 17 April

Apr 17, 2026

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Castro lets Prisoners from the Bay of Pigs free 1 March 1963 Havana, Cuba Fidel Castro, Middle left, Hands in the Hips managed, meets itself with the American Parents the Prisoners the Bay of Pigs, the to a Agreement Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19630301_sha_k09_750
Am Strand Playa Giron, Kuba. Dieser Strand ist berühmt für seine Rolle während der Invasion in der Schweinebucht On the beach Playa Giron, Cuba. This beach is famous for its role during the Bay of Pigs invasion Copyright: imageBROKER RadomirxRezny ibxiqx12954400.jpg
American President John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria June 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa) 1718790 American President John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria June 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa); (add.info.: American president John Kennedy and soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev meeting in Vienna Austria june 1961 (a few weeks after the operations Bay of the Pigs Playa)). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1718790
Protest against US aggression in Cuba 5752792 24.10.1962 The Bay of Pigs Invasion (April 14-19, 1961) masterminded by the US Government to overthrow Fidel Castro s government in Cuba. A protest rally outside the US Embassy in Moscow Moscow Russia Copyright: xx
After military service during World War II in the South Pacific, Kennedy represented Massachusetts s 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960.<br ><br > Kennedy defeated then Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. He was the youngest elected to the office, at the age of 43, the second-youngest President (after Theodore Roosevelt), and the first president to have been born in the 20th century. Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African American Civil Rights Moveme Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_CPA0010350
BAY OF PIGS INVASION: Cuban soldiers fire artillary on Cuban rebels, April 1961. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HBDBAPI EC003
BAY OF PIGS INVASION: U.S. Marines form a caravan from Guantanamo Bay to Leeward Point Hill, Cuba. April 17, 1961. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HBDBAPI EC002
United States Marines in ground exercises at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October, 1960. The exercises preceded the BAY OF PIGS invasion in April, 1961 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HBDBAPI EC001
Fidel Castro after the landing at the Bay of Pigs Fidel Castro after the landing at the Bay of Pigs 1961 Cuba Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A10_318
Landing at the Bay of Pigs. Partial view of the weapons taken to anti-Castroist mercenaries Landing at the Bay of Pigs. Partial view of the weapons taken to anti-Castroist mercenaries 1961 Cuba Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A10_273
Landing at the Bay of Pigs Landing at the Bay of Pigs. The penitentiary canal , base of the counter-revolutionary camps, near Casa Verde 1961 Cuba Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A10_272
Landing at the Bay of Pigs. Surrender of the mercenaries Landing at the Bay of Pigs. Surrender of the mercenaries 1961 Cuba Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A10_270
Cuba: October 6, 1962 Fidel Castro conducts a mass interview of the prisoners captured in the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion. The session was televised. 990_16_X-Castro-Fidel_6HR
Two members of the Anti-Castro forces are seen at an unidentified Caribbean Base a few days before the invasion of Cuba, which began on 17th April. These troops are now fighting in Cuba. April 1961. UnitedArchives00343778
Captured rebels - first picture from Havana This picture , the first from Havana since the invasion began on 17th April 1961 - shows a line of captured anti-Castro rebels being marched off to prison UnitedArchives00129249
Cuban exiles , members of the anti-Castro froces now fighting in Cuba , go through the undergrowth as they were training at an unidentifed base in the Caribbean recently. The picture was taken just a few days before the invasion of Cuba which began on 17th April 1961 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1176472
(110417) -- HAVANA, April 17, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Cuba s President Raul Castro salutes during a military parade in Cuban capital Havana April 16, 2011. Cuba staged a massive military parade on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1961 defeat of CIA-backed exiles at the Bay of Pigs. (Xinhua) (nxl) CUBA-HAVANA-MILITARY PARADE
School children and members of workers paramilitary People s Militia wave Cuban flags and shout slogans as they condemn the US-led invasion of Cuba during a state-organised protest rally at the Old Town Square in Prague, April 19, 1961. CTK Photo Jan Tachezy CTKPhoto03008543

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Castro lets Prisoners from the Bay of Pigs free 1 March 1963 Havana, Cuba Fidel Castro, Middle left, Hands in the Hips managed, meets itself with the American Parents the Prisoners the Bay of Pigs, the to a Agreement Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19630301_sha_k09_750

Am Strand Playa Giron, Kuba. Dieser Strand ist berühmt für seine Rolle während der Invasion in der Schweinebucht On the beach Playa Giron, Cuba. This beach is famous for its role during the Bay of Pigs invasion Copyright: imageBROKER RadomirxRezny ibxiqx12954400.jpg

Protest against US aggression in Cuba 5752792 24.10.1962 The Bay of Pigs Invasion (April 14-19, 1961) masterminded by the US Government to overthrow Fidel Castro s government in Cuba. A protest rally outside the US Embassy in Moscow Moscow Russia Copyright: xx

BAY OF PIGS INVASION: Cuban soldiers fire artillary on Cuban rebels, April 1961. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HBDBAPI EC003

BAY OF PIGS INVASION: U.S. Marines form a caravan from Guantanamo Bay to Leeward Point Hill, Cuba. April 17, 1961. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HBDBAPI EC002

United States Marines in ground exercises at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October, 1960. The exercises preceded the BAY OF PIGS invasion in April, 1961 Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HBDBAPI EC001

Fidel Castro after the landing at the Bay of Pigs Fidel Castro after the landing at the Bay of Pigs 1961 Cuba Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A10_318

Landing at the Bay of Pigs. Partial view of the weapons taken to anti-Castroist mercenaries Landing at the Bay of Pigs. Partial view of the weapons taken to anti-Castroist mercenaries 1961 Cuba Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A10_273

Landing at the Bay of Pigs Landing at the Bay of Pigs. The penitentiary canal , base of the counter-revolutionary camps, near Casa Verde 1961 Cuba Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A10_272

Landing at the Bay of Pigs. Surrender of the mercenaries Landing at the Bay of Pigs. Surrender of the mercenaries 1961 Cuba Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A10_270

Cuba: October 6, 1962 Fidel Castro conducts a mass interview of the prisoners captured in the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion. The session was televised. 990_16_X-Castro-Fidel_6HR

Two members of the Anti-Castro forces are seen at an unidentified Caribbean Base a few days before the invasion of Cuba, which began on 17th April. These troops are now fighting in Cuba. April 1961. UnitedArchives00343778

Captured rebels - first picture from Havana This picture , the first from Havana since the invasion began on 17th April 1961 - shows a line of captured anti-Castro rebels being marched off to prison UnitedArchives00129249

School children and members of workers paramilitary People s Militia wave Cuban flags and shout slogans as they condemn the US-led invasion of Cuba during a state-organised protest rally at the Old Town Square in Prague, April 19, 1961. CTK Photo Jan Tachezy CTKPhoto03008543