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Granma Departure

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

4Records
1956Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1956

Juan Almeida Bosque25 November 1956

Tuxpan · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Almeida sails from Tuxpan aboard the Granma with the 26th of July Movement expeditionary force.

Fidel Alejandro Castro25 November 1956

Tuxpan · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Fidel Castro leads eighty-two expeditionaries aboard the yacht Granma as it leaves Tuxpan, Mexico, bound for eastern Cuba.

Raul Modesto Castro25 November 1956

Tuxpan · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Raúl Castro sails from Tuxpan aboard the Granma with the expeditionary force organized to reopen armed struggle against Batista in Cuba.

Camilo Cienfuegos25 November 1956

Tuxpan · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Camilo Cienfuegos sails from Tuxpan aboard the Granma with the expeditionary force organized by Fidel Castro.

Names involved

Camilo CienfuegosFidel Alejandro CastroJuan Almeida BosqueRaul Modesto Castro

Provenance

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