Английская Википедия:Brigade 2506
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox military unit Brigade 2506 (Brigada Asalto 2506) was a CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles formed in 1960 to attempt the military overthrow of the Cuban government headed by Fidel Castro. It carried out the abortive Bay of Pigs Invasion landings in Cuba on 17 April 1961.
History
In May 1960, the CIA began to recruit anti-Castro Cuban exiles in the Miami area. For most recruits, infantry training was carried out at a CIA-run base code-named JMTrax near Retalhuleu in the Sierra Madre on the Pacific coast of Guatemala.Шаблон:Citation needed
In November 1960, with Gregorio Aguilar Matteo spearheading training with 430 men, the leaders were chosen and the group was named Brigade 2506, using the membership number of Carlos (Carlyle) Rafael Santana Estevez, who had died in a training accident in September 1960; it was also known as the Blindado Battalion among members.[1][2] The principal commanders were appointed as follows:[3][4]
- Manuel Francisco Artime Buesa: Political leader
- José Alfredo Pérez San Román "Pepe": Military commander
- Erneido Andrés Oliva González: Military second-in-command
- Manuel Villafaña Martínez: Commander of the air force
- Ramón J. Ferrer Mena: Chief of staff
- Enrique Ruíz Williams
- Higinio Nino Díaz
- Francisco Pérez Castro "Brillo": Infantry battalion
- Alejandro del Valle Martí: 1st Paratroop Battalion
- Hugo Sueiro Ríos: 2nd Infantry Battalion
- Noelio Montero Díaz: 3rd Battalion
- Valentín Bacallao Ponte "Pipo": 4th Armoured Battalion
- Ricardo Montero Duque: 5th Infantry Battalion
- Francisco Montiel Maciera Rivera: 6th Infantry Battalion
- Roberto Pérez San Román: Heavy Gun Battalion
About 1,334 men traveled on a seaborne force from Guatemala, of which about 1,297 actually landed in Cuba, plus an additional 177 airborne paratroops. An estimated 114 drowned or were killed in action, and 1,183 were captured, tried and imprisoned. Private sympathizers in the United States eventually negotiated to give $53 million worth of food and medicine in exchange for release and repatriation of Brigade prisoners to Miami starting on 23 December 1962. On 29 December 1962, President John F. Kennedy hosted a 'welcome back' ceremony for captured Brigade 2506 veterans at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Some of its members have gone on to found the Brigade 2506 Veterans' Association, which controls the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami.[5][6][7][8][9]
See also
References
- Wyden, Peter: Bay of Pigs - The Untold Story. Simon and Schuster. New York 1979, Шаблон:ISBN Шаблон:ISBN Шаблон:ISBN.
External links
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- ↑ Johnson, Haynes. 1964, 1974. The Bay of Pigs: The Leaders' Story of Brigade 2506. W.W. Norton & Co Inc. New York. Шаблон:ISBN, p. 47
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- ↑ Thomas, Hugh. 1971, 1986. The Cuban Revolution. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. (Shortened version of Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom, includes all history 1952–1970) Шаблон:ISBN Шаблон:ISBN, p. 581
- ↑ Fernandez, Jose Ramon. 2001. Playa Giron/Bay of Pigs: Washington's First Military Defeat in the Americas. Pathfinder Шаблон:ISBN Шаблон:ISBN, p. 101
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