Bay of Pigs Invasion - Cuban Troops and Militia Took Playa Larga
Time: Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 10:30:00 PM
Place: Playa Larga, Cuba
Details: By about 10:30 am on 18 April, Cuban troops and militia, supported by the T-34 tanks and 122mm artillery, took Playa Larga after Brigade forces had fled towards Girón in the early hours. During the day, Brigade forces retreated to San Blas along the two roads from Covadonga and Yaguaramas. By then, both Fidel Castro and José Ramón Fernández had re-located to that battlefront area.
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