Little War (Cuba)
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Little War (Cuba) was a short-lived 1879–1880 Cuban insurrection against Spanish colonial rule that served as a follow-up attempt to achieve independence after the Ten Years' War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little War (Cuba) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T358103 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Little War (Cuba) Context triple: [Cuban War of Independence, precededBy, Little War (Cuba)]
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Sierra Maestra campaign
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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Cuban War of Independence
The Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the final and most significant Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, ultimately leading to U.S. intervention and the end of Spain’s empire in the Americas.
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C.
Ifni War
The Ifni War was a brief colonial conflict in 1957–1958 between Spain and Moroccan-backed forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in northwest Africa.
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Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
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E.
Battle of Otumba
The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Little War (Cuba) Target entity description: Little War (Cuba) was a short-lived 1879–1880 Cuban insurrection against Spanish colonial rule that served as a follow-up attempt to achieve independence after the Ten Years' War.
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A.
Sierra Maestra campaign
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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B.
Cuban War of Independence
The Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the final and most significant Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, ultimately leading to U.S. intervention and the end of Spain’s empire in the Americas.
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C.
Ifni War
The Ifni War was a brief colonial conflict in 1957–1958 between Spain and Moroccan-backed forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in northwest Africa.
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D.
Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
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E.
Battle of Otumba
The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cuban independence war
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armed conflict ⓘ insurrection ⓘ war of independence ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Little War
ⓘ
surface form:
La Guerra Chiquita
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| chronologyPosition | intermediate conflict between the Ten Years' War and the Cuban War of Independence ⓘ |
| conflictType |
colonial war
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guerrilla war ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| duration | short-lived insurrection ⓘ |
| endTime | 1880 ⓘ |
| follows | Ten Years' War ⓘ |
| goal | Cuban independence from Spain ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Spanish colonial rule in Cuba
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unfulfilled aims of the Ten Years' War ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
continued Cuban nationalist resistance
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prelude to the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
early 1880s
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late 1870s ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Cuban rebels
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Spanish colonial forces ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| location | Cuba ⓘ |
| opponent |
Spain
ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cuban War of Independence
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surface form:
Cuban War of Independence movement
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| result |
Spanish victory
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failure of the insurrection ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Oriente Province
ⓘ
Oriente Province, Cuba ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Cuba
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| startTime | 1879 ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Little War (Cuba) Description of subject: Little War (Cuba) was a short-lived 1879–1880 Cuban insurrection against Spanish colonial rule that served as a follow-up attempt to achieve independence after the Ten Years' War.
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