People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada)

E143009

armed forces military organization

The People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada) was the military force of Grenada's Marxist-Leninist government under Maurice Bishop, which was overthrown during the 1983 U.S.-led invasion known as Operation Urgent Fury.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grenada armed forces	1
People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada) canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	1983 ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1979 ⓘ
allegiance	New Jewel Movement ⓘ People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ
associatedPoliticalParty	New Jewel Movement ⓘ
associatedWith	Hudson Austin ⓘ Maurice Bishop ⓘ People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	coup against Maurice Bishop in October 1983 ⓘ
commander	Hudson Austin ⓘ
conflict	Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ surface form: United States invasion of Grenada
country	Grenada ⓘ
countryDuringExistence	People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ
disbandedAsResultOf	Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ
dissolutionCause	foreign military intervention ⓘ
establishedAfterEvent	Grenadian Revolution ⓘ
formedBy	New Jewel Movement ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Fort Rupert ⓘ St. George's, Grenada ⓘ
governmentTypeServed	Marxist–Leninist government ⓘ
headquartersLocation	St. George's, Grenada ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
leader	Maurice Bishop ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle for Point Salines ⓘ fighting in St. George's during Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ
opponent	Caribbean Peacekeeping Force ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ
overthrownIn	Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ
partOf	People's Revolutionary Government security apparatus ⓘ
primaryEnemyDuringExistence	Regional Security System ⓘ surface form: Regional Security System forces United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
region	Caribbean ⓘ
role	internal security ⓘ national defense ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Royal Grenada Police Force ⓘ Royal Grenada Police Force ⓘ surface form: Royal Grenada Police Force Special Services Unit
supportedBy	Cuba ⓘ
trainedBy	Cuban military advisers ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom	Cuba ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Urgent Fury → hasParticipant → People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada) ⓘ

Governor-General of Grenada → commanderInChiefOf → People's Revolutionary Army (Grenada) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grenada armed forces