The 30th and 31st Brigades of the 10th Division would land the following morning.
His brigade landed at Guánica and moved west along the coast.
It was decided that the 1st Parachute and the airlanding brigade would land on the first day.
The brigade landed without any naval or air bombardment in an attempt to surprise the Japanese.
That night, the 24th Brigade, which had been held back as the divisional reserve, landed at the beachhead.
At the same time, the 20th Brigade landed near Brooketon, on a small peninsula in the southern end of the bay.
On 18 April, a brigade from Karachi landed and Basra was captured.
The Polish Brigade would now land in an area a few miles west of the original site, near the village of Driel.
The brigade actually dropped nine minutes earlier than scheduled, but successfully landed in drop zone A, while facing significant small-arms and 20 mm anti-aircraft fire.
At night, Brigade 2506 landed along the Bay of Pigs, getting into a firefight with a local revolutionary militia.