What exactly is the bay of pigs?

Question

I've heard it mentioned before, but I don't know what it is.

Answer 1

Technically, the Bay of Pigs is a bay on the southern coast of the Matanzas Province in Cuba. But I think what you're really asking is about the attempted invasion that occurred in 1961. The 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful United States-planned and funded attempted invasion by armed Cuban exiles in southwest Cuba. An attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro, this action accelerated a rapid deterioration in Cuban-American relations worsened by the Cuban Missile Crisis the following year.

You should check the Wikipedia link for the full breakdown of the events surrounding the invasion.

Hope that helps! :)

Answer 2

This article is about the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. For the article about the invasion of the bay in 1961, see Bay of Pigs invasion.
The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de Cochinos) is a bay on the southern coast of the Matanzas Province in Cuba. The translation of cochinos is not "pigs", although pigs are also called that. Cochino is the Spanish name for the Orangeside Triggerfish, Sufflamen verres, an Atlantic triggerfish, hence the Bay of the Orangeside Triggerfishes.[1] This word cochino can also be used to describe a person who is disgusting, either in behavior or appearance.

It is the site of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion during John F. Kennedy's presidency, a 1961 US-backed invasion by Cuban exiles intent on overthrowing Fidel Castro. The invasion took place at a beach called Playa Girón.

Answer 3

It is a place in Cuba where there was an unsuccessful United States-planned and funded attempted invasion by armed Cuban exiles in southwest Cuba to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro (Wikipedia).

Answer 4

its a bay full of pigs swimming and having a good ol time. no, i am kidding. i think the answers sumed it up