Ernesto "Che" Guevara21 August 1958
Castro assigns Guevara to command Column 8, Ciro Redondo, with orders to move west into Las Villas and disrupt government communications.
Argentina · Politics / 26th of July Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Castro assigns Guevara to command Column 8, Ciro Redondo, with orders to move west into Las Villas and disrupt government communications.
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