Granma expedition
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The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
military expedition ⓘ |
| arrivalLocation |
Santiago de Cuba Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Las Coloradas, Oriente Province, Cuba
|
| associatedWith |
26th of July Movement
ⓘ
Che Guevara ⓘ Cuban Revolution ⓘ Fidel Castro ⓘ |
| commander | Fidel Castro ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Granma (Cuban Communist Party newspaper)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuban state newspaper Granma
Granma Memorial in Havana ⓘ |
| conflict | Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| countryOfArrival | Cuba ⓘ |
| countryOfDeparture | Mexico ⓘ |
| date | 1956 ⓘ |
| departureLocation | Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico ⓘ |
| endDate | 1956-12-02 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Sierra Maestra campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Maestra guerrilla campaign
|
| follows |
Moncada Barracks
ⓘ
surface form:
Moncada Barracks attack
|
| hasConsequence | establishment of revolutionary foco in Sierra Maestra ⓘ |
| hasEffect | ignited the Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Granma yacht
ⓘ
surface form:
yacht Granma
|
| historicalPeriod |
Cold War
ⓘ
surface form:
Cold War era
|
| ideology | Cuban revolutionary movement ⓘ |
| leader | Fidel Castro ⓘ |
| location |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Oriente Province, Cuba ⓘ |
| mediaTypeDepicting |
documentary films
ⓘ
photographs ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Granma ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
dispersal of rebels after landing
ⓘ
overcrowded and stormy voyage ⓘ |
| opponent |
Batista dictatorship
ⓘ
surface form:
Fulgencio Batista government
|
| organizer | 26th of July Movement ⓘ |
| participant |
Camilo Cienfuegos
ⓘ
Che Guevara ⓘ Fidel Castro ⓘ Juan Almeida Bosque ⓘ Raúl Castro ⓘ |
| participantCount | 82 ⓘ |
| purpose |
launch guerrilla war in Cuba
ⓘ
overthrow Fulgencio Batista ⓘ |
| result |
beginning of armed struggle in Sierra Maestra
ⓘ
landing of guerrilla force in eastern Cuba ⓘ |
| route |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| significance | key starting point of Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| startDate | 1956-11-25 ⓘ |
| vesselType | motor yacht ⓘ |
| vesselUsed | Granma ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.