Fidel Alejandro Castro5 December 1956
Government forces surprise the recently landed Granma expeditionaries at Alegría de Pío, scattering Castro's force and reducing it to small groups of survivors.
Cuba · Politics / 26th of July Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Government forces surprise the recently landed Granma expeditionaries at Alegría de Pío, scattering Castro's force and reducing it to small groups of survivors.
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