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26 Jul 1953 Jahr - Attack on Moncada Barracks

Beschreibung:

-in Oriente province

-Fidel + Raúl Castro

-160 rebels (mainly from Ortodoxo youth movement)

-plan: quickly capture barracks, rousing call to people (radio), rely on bold actions to inspire spontaneous uprising, arm masses with captured weapons, spread revolution throughout Cuba, avoid bloodshed

-complete failure: several killed in attack, remaining attackers captured, tortured + killed

-Castro imprisoned

-M-26-7 (Movimiento 26 de Julio - Castro's revolutionary group) later named after date of failed attack

Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:

Datum:

26 Jul 1953 Jahr
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~ 72 years ago