Raul Modesto Castro27 February 1958
Appointed Comandante and assigned the mission to cross the old province of Oriente leading a column of guerrillas to open, to the northeast of that territory, the "Frank Pais Eastern Front"
Cuba · Revolution / Revolution of Cuba. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed Comandante and assigned the mission to cross the old province of Oriente leading a column of guerrillas to open, to the northeast of that territory, the "Frank Pais Eastern Front"
By October 1958, after being reinforced by Fidel, the two brothers had about 2,000 fighters and they were operating freely throughout Oriente province
Expands rebel control in eastern Cuba.
The victorious rebel army heads to Santiago de Cuba, the capital of Oriente province
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