Castro’s Rebel Army
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Castro’s Rebel Army was the guerrilla force led by Fidel Castro that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista during the Cuban Revolution.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Castro’s Rebel Army canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed group
ⓘ
guerrilla movement ⓘ |
| alliedWith | urban resistance groups in Havana ⓘ |
| contributedTo | collapse of Batista government ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| endTime | 1959 ⓘ |
| foundedMedia | Radio Rebelde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
establishment of a revolutionary government in Cuba
ⓘ
overthrow of Fulgencio Batista ⓘ |
| headquarters | Sierra Maestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Cuban nationalism
ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ anti-imperialism ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| leader | Fidel Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of La Plata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Las Mercedes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCampaign |
Camilo Cienfuegos’s Column 2 advance toward Yaguajay
ⓘ
Che Guevara’s Column 8 advance toward Santa Clara ⓘ Ciro Redondo Column operations ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Camilo Cienfuegos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ernesto "Che" Guevara NERFINISHED ⓘ Fidel Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan Almeida Bosque NERFINISHED ⓘ Raúl Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLocation |
Comandancia de La Plata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Plata base camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalArea | Oriente Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | Fulgencio Batista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedGovernment | Batista regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originDate | 1956-12-02 ⓘ |
| originEvent | Granma landing ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Cuban Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 26th of July Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalWing | 26th of July Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
flight of Fulgencio Batista on 1959-01-01
ⓘ
seizure of power by Fidel Castro’s movement ⓘ |
| startTime | 1956 ⓘ |
| strengthEstimate |
few dozen fighters in 1956
ⓘ
several thousand fighters by 1958 ⓘ |
| successor | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
rural peasants in eastern Cuba
ⓘ
urban underground networks ⓘ |
| usedTactic |
ambushes
ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ propaganda through Radio Rebelde ⓘ sabotage ⓘ |
| usedWarfareStyle | guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
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