In an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government, the United States fully financed and planned the invasion of southern Cuba, also known as the Bay of Pigs Invasion. The United States had landed armed Cuban exiles in southern Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in 1961. This marked the culmination of the United States' anti-Cuban actions. The failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion was caused by misinformation, lack of strategic planning and mismanagement, the consequences of which were a 2x4 for the Americans and a sharp increase in tensions between the world's two superpowers during the war cold. The US government's lack of strategic planning for the invasion led to the failure of the attempt to overthrow the Cuban government. The United States had originally attempted to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro by sending armed Cuban exiles to southwest Cuba in 1961. This action eventually led to anti-Cuban-American actions. While debates were taking place in the United Nations Security Council, Cuba attempted to condemn the US action but failed due to the US veto. Then, during the Eisenhower administration, the CIA began training Cuban exiles to overthrow the Cuban government to help the people living there. However it was not Eisenhower who carried out the plan, but it was Richard Nixon. This amount of involvement led Nixon to fear that the extent of his involvement would emerge and he would then be blamed for the plan's failure. The original plan called for landing the exile brigade somewhere around the old colonial city of Trinidad, Cuba. The government realized that landing at that particular spot offered many options. The government believed that most people living in the area were against Castro's government and would not mind being there. They were also confident because they could use the mountainous region to their advantage if the landing plan failed. Soon everything was in order, but then the flight crews received a call from Washington ordering them to stand down for an indefinite period of time. It appeared that the US government had carefully examined what was planned and weighed the options. Little did they know that there were bigger problems to deal with.