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They found the Bay of Pigs. That didn't sound like a very
good place to liberate Cuba. And there was
only one way out and only one way in. It was going to be
very difficult to get out of that area. But in a rush,
they picked that location. The kind of screw-ups that
marked the initial phases of the operation
would be multiplied a hundred-fold when the
invasion came in April 1961
good place to liberate Cuba. And there was
only one way out and only one way in. It was going to be
very difficult to get out of that area. But in a rush,
they picked that location. The kind of screw-ups that
marked the initial phases of the operation
would be multiplied a hundred-fold when the
invasion came in April 1961
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They found the Bay of Pigs.
00:00:03.654 --> 00:00:08.137
That didn't sound like a very
good place to liberate Cuba.
00:00:08.224 --> 00:00:10.705
And there was
only one way out
00:00:10.792 --> 00:00:12.968
and only one way in.
00:00:13.055 --> 00:00:14.709
It was going to be
very difficult
00:00:14.796 --> 00:00:17.032
to get out of that area.
00:00:17.407 --> 00:00:22.195
But in a rush,
they picked that location.
00:00:22.282 --> 00:00:25.981
The kind of screw-ups that
marked the initial phases
00:00:26.001 --> 00:00:28.288
of the operation
would be multiplied
00:00:28.375 --> 00:00:33.771
a hundred-fold when the
invasion came in April 1961.
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Movie Summary
Reveals the startling tale of the CIA's, the mob's, and Sinatra's Rat Pack's connections from Vegas to Miami to Havana, exploring America's most amazing espionage operations ever.