24 February 1958Radio RebeldeCarlos Franqui
Directs rebel radio broadcasts from the Sierra Maestra.
Historical records for Cuba in 1958, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Directs rebel radio broadcasts from the Sierra Maestra.
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"
Opens the Frank Pais Eastern Front in Oriente.
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"
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"
The Revolutionary Directorate attacks Batista's palace and radio station.
The Revolutionary Directorate attacks Batista's palace and radio station.
Radio broadcasts were made possible by Carlos Franqui
The Revolutionary Directorate attacks Batista's palace and radio station.
The United States restricts arms supplies to Batista's government.
The United States restricts arms supplies to Batista's government.
The United States restricts arms supplies to Batista's government.
Faces a United States arms embargo as rebel pressure grows.
Calls for a general strike against Batista.
Helps organise the April strike against Batista.
Batista assigns Cantillo the mission of destroying Castro's forces in the Sierra Maestra.
Batista authorises a large army operation against the 26th of July Movement.
Commands Batista's summer offensive against Castro's guerrillas.
A complex plan created by Cuban General Cantillo to directly attack Castros mountain base in the Sierra Maestra.
During the Battle of La Plata, Castros forces defeat an entire battalion.
The Battle of La Plata os part of Operation Verano, the summer offensive of 1958 launched by the Batistia Government during the Cuban Revolution.
the battle ends with the humiliating surrender of the assault battalion and the loss of some 500 Cuban army soldiers.
During the Battle of Las Mercedes, Castros army comes close to defeat & manages to pull his troops out by opening up negotiations with General Cantillo
Castro regroups the guerrillas after the failed April general strike strengthens Batista's resolve.
Batista divides responsibility between Cantillo and Chaviano during planning for the offensive.
Chaviano shares operational authority with Cantillo, complicating coordination of the offensive.
The attitude of Batista changes in the Spring of 1958 as Castro started to gain international recognition and he called for a General Strike
The offensive is designed to crush Fidel Castros revolutionary army, who had been growing in strength in the area of the Sierra Maestra hills since their arrival in Cuba onboard the Granma yacht in December 1956
When Operation Verano ends, Castro orders 3 columns commanded by Guevara, Jaime Vega and Camilo Cienfuegos to invade central Cuba
Cantillo places roadblocks around the Sierra Maestra to restrict supplies reaching the rebels.
Launches a summer offensive against Castro's guerrillas.
Commands Batista's summer offensive against Castro's guerrillas.
Cantillo surrounds the mountain range of the Sierra Maestra, and set up roadblocks to prevent supplies from getting to the guerrillas, and attacked from the north to drive the guerrillas down to the south coast
The offensive fails because Cantillo's soldiers fight in unfamiliar terrain (forests and jungles of the Sierra Maestra) and because much of the army was demoralized and unmotivated
Commands Batista's offensive against the Sierra Maestra rebels.
Castro's guerrilla forces scores a series of victories, largely aided by mass desertions from Batista's army of poorly trained & uncommitted young conscripts. Batista launches Operation Verano aiming to crush Castro and other anti-Government groups
The attitude of Batista changes in the Spring of 1958 as Castro started to gain international recognition and he called for a General Strike.
The offensive is designed to crush Fidel Castro's revolutionary army, who had been growing in strength in the area of the Sierra Maestra hills since their arrival in Cuba onboard the Granma yacht in December 1956.
When Operation Verano ends, Castro orders 3 columns commanded by Guevara, Jaime Vega and Camilo Cienfuegos to invade central Cuba. The offensive is met with resistance, notably at the Battle of La Plata and the Battle of Las Mercedes, and fails in its objective.
A bad decision was to divide operational control between two Generals, Cantillo and the ineffective (but politically well connected) General Alberto del Rio Chaviano
Shares operational responsibility during Batista's offensive.
Cantillo receives responsibility for the principal army operation against Castro.
Batista approves the campaign known as Plan FF, meaning Final Phase or End of Fidel.
Batista intends to eliminate Castro's growing guerrilla force before it expands further.
Chaviano receives a politically influential share of authority during the campaign.
Cantillo establishes roadblocks and advances intended to isolate Castro's mountain headquarters.
Batista commits multiple battalions to the offensive despite many soldiers being inexperienced recruits.
Cantillo begins a major advance from the Estrada Palma sugar mill area.
Resists Batista's summer offensive in the mountains.
Cantillo commands Batista's major offensive against the Sierra Maestra guerrillas.
Batista's army begins coordinated attacks into the Sierra Maestra.
Castro organises resistance as Batista's army begins its full summer offensive.
Castro concentrates available fighters near his headquarters to resist the approaching army.
Sanchez Mosquera leads Battalion 11 into the Sierra Maestra offensive.
Castro directs rebel resistance against Battalion 11 near Santo Domingo.
Garcia leads rebel fighters resisting government troops near Santo Domingo.
Ramos Latour reinforces rebel units opposing the army's northern advance.
Sardinas commands rebel positions during the battle around Santo Domingo.
Acuna's platoon supports the rebel defence during intense fighting.
Castro concentrates his smaller rebel force in defensible mountain positions.
Quevedo lands Battalion 18 near the mouth of the La Plata River.
Defeats a Batista battalion during Operation Verano.
Castro directs the encirclement of Battalion 18 during the Battle of La Plata.
Del Rio's squad occupies a position helping close the encirclement.
Cuevas moves into position to prevent army reinforcements reaching Battalion 18.
Castro orders rebel units to surround Battalion 18 at El Jigue.
Perez deploys his squad directly opposite Battalion 18's camp.
Rodriguez and his fighters hold a position facing the surrounded battalion.
Garcia positions fighters to block Battalion 18's route toward the coast.
Operation Verano suffers a major defeat at La Plata.
In the Battle of La Plata which lasts from July 11 till July 21, Castros forces defeat an entire battalion, capturing 240 men, while losing just 3 of their own
Cuevas is killed while advancing against government positions.
Castro accepts the surrender of Battalion 18 and captures approximately 240 soldiers.
His offensive suffers a serious defeat at La Plata.
Batista's government loses Battalion 18 after its encirclement at La Plata.
Castro's forces take approximately 240 Battalion 18 soldiers prisoner.
Quevedo surrenders Battalion 18 after relief attempts fail.
Castro shifts rebel units north to pursue remaining army battalions.
Castro promotes Garcia to commander after the victory over Battalion 18.
Sardinas is promoted to commander for his service during the offensive.
Sunol helps ambush an army company moving supplies toward surrounded troops.
Ramos Latour helps force Company P to retreat from its supply mission.
Del Rio's fighters support the ambush blocking army supplies.
Galvez participates in the rebel attack against the advancing army company.
Castro plans to surround Battalion 11 after the victory at El Jigue.
Cantillo orders Battalion 17 to withdraw from its exposed mountain position.
Castro promotes Paz after his service against the government offensive.
Chavez is killed alongside Ramon Paz during fighting against retreating battalions.
Paz is killed while attempting to block retreating army forces.
Castro commits rebel forces against army units withdrawing through the northern sector.
Sanchez Mosquera is seriously wounded while Battalion 11 escapes the rebel encirclement.
Escapes encirclement during Batista's offensive.
Cantillo uses Battalion 17's withdrawal to draw rebel forces into a prepared trap.
Batista's army attempts to lure Castro's fighters into an encirclement at Las Mercedes.
Castro's forces escape destruction at Las Mercedes.
Castro sends forces to attack Battalion 17 during its apparent retreat.
Ramos Latour is killed while fighting government troops during the Las Mercedes battle.
Quevedo initially refuses rebel demands while waiting for relief.
Castro arranges the transfer of captured government soldiers to Red Cross representatives.
Castro sends messages urging Quevedo to surrender the isolated battalion.
Cantillo signs a secret armistice with the 26th of July movement, ending the Verano offensive
The failed offensive leaves Batista's army weakened.
Castro's remaining forces complete their withdrawal from Cantillo's encirclement.
By August 8th, Castro's entire army had escaped back into the mountains, Operation Verano had been a failure for the Batista Government
Cantillo signs a secret armistice with the 26th of July movement, ending the Verano offensive
By August 8th, Castros entire army had escaped back into the mountains, Operation Verano had been a failure for the Batista Government
Cantillo's offensive ends without destroying Castro's guerrilla army.
Batista's army ends the campaign without eliminating the rebel command.
Operation Verano ends after the rebels escape the army's final encirclement.
Castro prepares columns under Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara for operations beyond the Sierra Maestra.
Castro broadcasts an account of the defeated summer offensive and rebel treatment of prisoners.
Castro assigns Guevara command of rebel forces moving into Las Villas.
There are four fronts in the "Oriente" province (now divided into Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Guantanamo and Holguin) directed by Fidel Castro, Rapounds l Castro and Juan Almeida Bosque
There are four fronts in the "Oriente" province (now divided into Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Guantanamo and Holguin) directed by Fidel Castro, Rapounds l Castro and Juan Almeida Bosque
There are four fronts in the "Oriente" province (now divided into Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Guantanamo and Holguin) directed by Fidel Castro, Rapounds l Castro and Juan Almeida Bosque
There are four fronts in the "Oriente" province (now divided into Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Guantanamo and Holguin) directed by Fidel Castro, Rapounds l Castro and Juan Almeida Bosque
After the defeat of the Batista "ofensiva", Castro's forces began their offensive
After the defeat of the Batista "ofensiva", Castros forces began their offensive
The failed summer offensive allows Castro to begin expanding rebel operations across Cuba.
Castro orders Che Guevara to lead Column 8 toward Las Villas after defeating the summer offensive.
Leads a rebel column west from Oriente.
Commands a column sent west during the final offensive.
Cantillo accepts a temporary ceasefire proposed by Castro during the final battle.
Castro uses the pause to withdraw fighters from the threatened area.
Cantillo accepts the ceasefire request during negotiations at Las Mercedes.
Castro proposes a ceasefire while his forces remain threatened by encirclement.
Castro requests helicopter assistance to evacuate wounded government prisoners safely.
The major Castro victory at Guisa, and the succeeding capture of several towns (Maffo, Contramaestre, Central Oriente) consolidates victory on the Cauto plains
Three columns under the command of Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos and Jaime Vega proceeded westward toward the provincial capital of Santa Clara
Three columns under the command of Che Guevara, Camilo Cienfuegos and Jaime Vega proceeded westward toward the provincial capital of Santa Clara
The major Castro victory at Guisa, and the succeeding capture of several towns (Maffo, Contramaestre, Central Oriente) consolidates victory on the Cauto plains
Rebel forces capture Maffo during the final offensive.
Rebel forces capture Maffo during the final offensive.
Consolidates rebel control after the failure of Operation Verano.
Castro expands rebel operations onto the Cauto plains after Operation Verano fails.
Rebel forces capture Maffo during the final offensive.
The major Castro victory at Guisa, and the succeeding capture of several towns (Maffo, Contramaestre, Central Oriente) consolidates victory on the Cauto plains
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.
Discusses a transition as Batista's regime collapses.
Captures Maffo during the final Oriente campaign.
The victorious rebel army heads to Santiago de Cuba, the capital of Oriente province
The victorious rebel army heads to Santiago de Cuba, the capital of Oriente province
Captures Yaguajay during the final rebel offensive.
Fights with Cienfuegos during the final offensive.
The defeat at Santa Clara convinces Batista to flee.
The fall of Santa Clara convinces Batista the war is lost.
The fall of Santa Clara convinces Batista the war is lost.
The fall of Santa Clara convinces Batista the war is lost.
The rebels had succeeded in breaking out of the Sierra Maestra and launch a general insurrection, joined by hundreds of students and others fleeing Batista's crackdown on dissent in the cities
The attitude of Batista changes in the spring of 1958 as Castro started to gain international recognition and he called for a General Strike
The offensive is designed to crush Fidel Castro's revolutionary army, who had been growing in strength in the area of the Sierra Maestra hills since their arrival in Cuba onboard the Granma yacht in December 1956
A bad decision was to divide operational control between two Generals, Cantillo and the ineffective (but politically well connected) General Alberto del Rio Chaviano
Batista elects to destroy Castro's small army so in May 1958, General Eulogio Cantillo is given the mission of destroying Castro's forces in the Sierra Maestra.
The attitude of Batista changes in the spring of 1958 as Castro started to gain international recognition and he called for a General Strike.
The offensive is designed to crush Fidel Castro's revolutionary army, who had been growing in strength in the area of the Sierra Maestra hills since their arrival in Cuba onboard the Granma yacht in December 1956.
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