Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba)

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The Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba) was a student-led underground resistance organization that played a key role in the armed struggle to overthrow Fulgencio Batista and helped pave the way for the Cuban Revolution.

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Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba) canonical 1

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf revolutionary organization ⓘ
student organization ⓘ
underground resistance movement ⓘ
activeIn 1950s ⓘ
Havana ⓘ
linked to: Havana, Cuba

urban Cuba ⓘ
alliedWith 26th of July Movement ⓘ
composition university students ⓘ
urban militants ⓘ
conflict Cuban Revolution ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
goal establishment of a revolutionary government in Cuba ⓘ
overthrow of Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
helpedPaveWayFor triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 ⓘ
historicalSignificance key urban revolutionary organization against Batista ⓘ
ideology anti-Batista ⓘ
anti-dictatorship ⓘ
revolutionary nationalism ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
movementType student-led resistance ⓘ
nativeName Directorio Revolucionario ⓘ
notableEvent assault on Radio Reloj station ⓘ
attack on the Presidential Palace in Havana ⓘ
operationalStatus underground ⓘ
opposedPoliticalSystem military dictatorship in Cuba ⓘ
opposedTo Batista regime ⓘ
Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
partOf Cuban Revolution ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
region Latin America ⓘ
roleIn armed struggle leading to the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
typeOfOrganization clandestine political-military group ⓘ
usedTactics armed struggle ⓘ
clandestine operations ⓘ
urban guerrilla warfare ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batista government forces → opponent → Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba) ⓘ