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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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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Rebel Army (Cuba) alsoKnownAs Castro’s Rebel Army