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  • Playa Larga, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    01:00:00 AM
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Cuban Army infantrymen and militiamen started an offensive

    Playa Larga, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    01:00:00 AM

    At 1:00 am, Cuban Army infantrymen and militiamen started an offensive. Despite heavy losses on the part of the Communist forces, the shortage of ammunition forced the brigadistas back and the T-34 tanks continued to force their way past the wreckage of the battlefield to press on the assault.




  • San Blas, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    10:00:00 AM
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Tank battle

    San Blas, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    10:00:00 AM

    At 10 am, a tank battle had broken out, with the brigadista holding their line until about 2:00 pm, which led Olvia to order a retreat into Girón.




  • Punta Perdiz, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    05:00:00 PM
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Attacking a Cuban column of 12 private buses

    Punta Perdiz, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    05:00:00 PM

    At about 17:00 on 18 April, FAL B-26s attacked a Cuban column of 12 private buses leading trucks carrying tanks and other armor, moving southeast between Playa Larga and Punta Perdiz. The vehicles, loaded with civilians, militia, police, and soldiers, were attacked with bombs, napalm, and rockets, suffering heavy casualties.




  • Girón, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Delivering arms and equipment to the Girón airstrip

    Girón, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961

    During the night of 18 April, a FAL C-46 delivered arms and equipment to the Girón airstrip occupied by Brigade 2506 ground forces and took off before daybreak on 19 April.




  • Playa Larga, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    10:30:00 PM
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Cuban Troops and Militia Took Playa Larga

    Playa Larga, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    10:30:00 PM

    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.




  • San Blas, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    11:00:00 PM
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The 3rd Battalion surprise attack

    San Blas, Cuba
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1961
    11:00:00 PM

    Following the last air attacks, San Román ordered his paratroopers and the men of the 3rd Battalion to launch a surprise attack, which was initially successful, but soon failed. With the brigadistas in disorganized retreat, the Cuban Army and militiamen started to advance rapidly, taking San Blas only to be stopped outside of Girón at about 11 am.




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