Trivia: In April 1961, the U.S. launched what failed invasion of Cuba?
Rolling Thunder
Inchon Invasion
Operation Barbarossa
Bay of Pigs
The correct answer is Bay of Pigs
So why is this answer correct? : In 1961, 1,400 Cuban exiles, trained and supported by the CIA, were captured during an invasion at the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, intended to remove leader Fidel Castro. The plan originated with the Eisenhower administration, but JFK took responsibility for the failed assault. The fiasco heightened Cold War tensions and contributed to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis — a nuclear standoff between the U.S., Cuba, and the Soviet Union.