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Battle of Las Mercedes

Argentina · Politics / 26th of July Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1958

Ernesto "Che" GuevaraJuly 1958

Las Mercedes · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Guevara plays a critical role in the Battle of Las Mercedes by using his column to halt a force of 1,500 men called up by Batista's General Cantillo in a plan to encircle and destroy Castros forces

Names involved

Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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