July 1953
Moncada Planning
Plans attacks on Moncada and Bayamo barracks.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Santiago de Cuba in Cuba. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Plans attacks on Moncada and Bayamo barracks.
His forces repress surviving rebels after the Moncada attack.
Serves as second-in-command during the Moncada attack.
Castro leads the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, after which he is captured, tried, incarcerated and later released
Is tried and sentenced after the failed Moncada attack.
Supports the Moncada action and survives imprisonment.
Takes part in the Moncada movement and later preserves Castro's speech.
A member of the 26th of July Movement that attacked the Moncada Barracks, and he spent 22 months in prison as a result of this action
Participates in the failed Moncada attack.
Delivers his defence speech after the Moncada attack.
Supports underground revolutionary organisation in Oriente.
Builds urban support for the 26th of July Movement.
Is killed by Batista's police in Santiago.
Takes control of Santiago after Batista flees.
Surrenders Santiago without a major fight.
Begins the victory caravan from Santiago toward Havana.
Provenance
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