Batista's Cuban Army

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Batista's Cuban Army was the government military force of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista that fought against Fidel Castro’s revolutionary guerrillas during the Cuban Revolution.

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Cuban Army under Fulgencio Batista 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization
allegiance Fulgencio Batista NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Batista regime armed forces NERFINISHED
Cuban Army under Batista NERFINISHED
associatedWith Batista dictatorship NERFINISHED
characterizedBy corruption
human rights abuses
low morale
commandStructure Cuban Ministry of Defense under Batista NERFINISHED
conflict Cuban Revolution NERFINISHED
country Cuba
dissolvedFollowing triumph of Cuban Revolution
endTime 1959
garrison Havana NERFINISHED
governedBy Batista regime NERFINISHED
headquarters Havana NERFINISHED
ideology pro-Batista authoritarianism
leader Fulgencio Batista NERFINISHED
mainOppositionGroup 26th of July Movement NERFINISHED
mainOppositionLeader Fidel Castro NERFINISHED
notableEngagement Battle of Santa Clara NERFINISHED
assault on Moncada Barracks response
operations in Sierra Maestra
notableOpponentCommander Camilo Cienfuegos NERFINISHED
Che Guevara NERFINISHED
operatedIn Cuba NERFINISHED
opposedBy 26th of July Movement NERFINISHED
Cuban revolutionary guerrillas
Fidel Castro NERFINISHED
partOf Government of Fulgencio Batista NERFINISHED
precededBy Cuban Army of pre-1952 government NERFINISHED
primaryEnemy 26th of July Movement guerrillas NERFINISHED
Fidel Castro's guerrillas NERFINISHED
role counterinsurgency
internal security
regime protection
significantEvent collapse during 1958–1959 rebel offensive
startTime 1952
statusAfter1959 disbanded
succeededBy Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba NERFINISHED
supportedBy United States of America
surface form: United States
timePeriod 1952–1959
type regular army
used U.S.-supplied weapons

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Battle of El Uvero combatant Batista's Cuban Army
Battle of Yaguajay governmentSide Batista's Cuban Army
this entity surface form: Cuban Army under Fulgencio Batista