The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, sometimes called Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Playa Girón after the Playa Girón)...
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Bay of Pigs (redirect from Bahía de Cochinos)
In Cuban Spanish, cochinos may also mean the queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula), which inhabit coral reefs in Bahía de Cochinos, in addition to the...
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IFLA". Retrieved 2023-11-02. Betancourt, Virginia (April 4, 2011). Bahía de Cochinos. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781460972625 –...
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municipal seat is located at Playa Larga, at the northern end of the Bahia de Cochinos ("Bay of Pigs"). A large part of the municipality is protected as...
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Playa Girón (section Bay of Pigs Invasion)
xiˈɾon]; "Girón beach") is a beach and village on the east bank of the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), which is located in the province of Matanzas, on the...
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404 ft) deep Cayman Trench. The islands are part of the Islas de la Bahía y Cayos Cochinos Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International...
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Gulf of Cazones (redirect from Golfo de Cazones)
Pigs (Spanish: Bahia de Cochinos), a small nondescript bay on the Gulf of Cazones, was the location of the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion, a failed attempt...
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the landing was no longer at Trinidad. Instead, Bissell selected Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), 80 miles from the Escambray Mountains. The journey...
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Uvita Island Guatemala Honduras Islas de la Bahía Cayos Cochinos Guanaja Roatán Swan Islands Útila Cayos Cochinos Cayo Gorda Bobel Cay Nicaragua Corn...
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Ospina Peña, Las Elecciones Presidenciales de 1960 Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, La Bahía de Cochinos Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine...
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List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II (section Destroyer, escort vessel (DE))
February 1945, when the ship was hit by Japanese shore batteries at Los Cochinos Point which killed eight and wounded three crewmen. Damage was minimal...
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This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on...
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revenge for the act. Final plans for a U.S.-supported invasion of Cuba at the Bahía de los Cochinos ("Bay of Pigs") were presented starting at 6:00 p.m...
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August 1949. col D, p. 3. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B) "USS Cochino (SS-345) (+1949)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 May 2022. alaskashipwreck.com...
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