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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Cuban Revolution hasPart Sierra Maestra campaign
Raúl Castro participatedIn Sierra Maestra campaign
Granma expedition followedBy Sierra Maestra campaign
this entity surface form: Sierra Maestra guerrilla campaign
Vilma Espín combatantIn Sierra Maestra campaign
Granma Memorial in Havana subject Sierra Maestra campaign
subject surface form: Granma Memorial
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War relatedWork Sierra Maestra campaign
this entity surface form: Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War
Battle of La Plata theater Sierra Maestra campaign
Battle of El Uvero theater Sierra Maestra campaign
Battle of Las Mercedes theater Sierra Maestra campaign