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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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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Batista government forces opponent Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba)