Sierra Maestra campaign
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The Sierra Maestra campaign was the guerrilla warfare phase of the Cuban Revolution in which Fidel Castro’s rebel forces, operating from the Sierra Maestra mountains, built strength and popular support leading to the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guerrilla warfare campaign
→
military campaign → phase of the Cuban Revolution → |
| chronologicallyFollows |
Moncada Barracks
→
surface form: "Moncada Barracks attack"
|
| chronologicallyPrecedes |
Ciro Redondo campaign
→
Las Villas campaign → |
| endTime | 1958 → |
| hasBaseOfOperations | Sierra Maestra mountains → |
| hasCommander | Fidel Castro → |
| hasConsequence |
creation of the Rebel Army as a regular force
→
delegitimization of Batista regime → shift of national and international opinion toward rebels → |
| hasEndEvent |
flight of Fulgencio Batista from Cuba
→
rebel victory in Cuban Revolution → |
| hasKeyEvent |
Battle of El Uvero
→
Battle of La Plata → Battle of Las Mercedes → formation of Rebel Army columns → |
| hasKeyFigure |
Camilo Cienfuegos
→
Che Guevara → Humberto Sorí Marín → Juan Almeida Bosque → Raúl Castro → |
| hasLeader | Fidel Castro → |
| hasLocation |
Cuba
→
Oriente Province → Sierra Maestra mountains →
surface form: "Sierra Maestra"
|
| hasMediaCoverage | New York Times interview with Fidel Castro → |
| hasObjective |
building a rebel army
→
mobilization of rural peasantry → overthrow of Fulgencio Batista → |
| hasOpponent |
Batista dictatorship
→
surface form: "Batista regime"
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba →
surface form: "Cuban Army"
Fulgencio Batista → |
| hasParticipant |
26th of July Movement
→
Rebel Army (Cuba) → |
| hasResult |
collapse of Batista regime
→
growth of popular support for rebels → strategic defeat of Batista’s forces in eastern Cuba → strengthening of rebel forces → |
| hasStartEvent | landing of the yacht Granma → |
| hasSupportFrom |
Cuban peasants
→
urban underground of the 26th of July Movement → |
| partOf | Cuban Revolution → |
| startTime | 1956 → |
| usesTactic |
ambushes
→
guerrilla warfare → hit-and-run attacks → sabotage → |
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this entity surface form: "Sierra Maestra guerrilla campaign"