Crisis of Batista Regime
The rebels had succeeded in breaking out of the Sierra Maestra and launch a general insurrection, joined by hundreds of students and others fleeing Batista's crackdown on dissent in the cities
Role range: 1952-1959
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Fulgencio Batista Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Fulgencio Batista through 49 dated historical records for Cuba.
Fulgencio Batista, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
49Distinct records
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1958–1959Years on this page
1958
General Strike
The attitude of Batista changes in the spring of 1958 as Castro started to gain international recognition and he called for a General Strike
Role range: 1952-1959
Granma
The offensive is designed to crush Fidel Castro's revolutionary army, who had been growing in strength in the area of the Sierra Maestra hills since their arrival in Cuba onboard the Granma yacht in December 1956
Role range: 1952-1959
Operation Verano
A bad decision was to divide operational control between two Generals, Cantillo and the ineffective (but politically well connected) General Alberto del Rio Chaviano
Role range: 1952-1959
Operation Verano
Batista elects to destroy Castro's small army so in May 1958, General Eulogio Cantillo is given the mission of destroying Castro's forces in the Sierra Maestra.
Role range: 1952-1959
Operation Verano
The attitude of Batista changes in the spring of 1958 as Castro started to gain international recognition and he called for a General Strike.
Role range: 1952-1959
Operation Verano
The offensive is designed to crush Fidel Castro's revolutionary army, who had been growing in strength in the area of the Sierra Maestra hills since their arrival in Cuba onboard the Granma yacht in December 1956.
Role range: 1952-1959
1959
Flight from Cuba
Flees Cuba as the revolution succeeds.
Role range: 1952-1959
Revolutionary Victory
Overthrown by Fidel Castro
Role range: 1952-1959
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.