Battle of Las Mercedes

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The Battle of Las Mercedes was a 1958 engagement in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra in which Fidel Castro’s rebel forces clashed with Batista’s army during the final phase of the Cuban Revolution.

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Battle of Las Mercedes canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent 26th of July Movement ⓘ
Government of Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
linked to: Fulgencio Batista
combatant Batista's army ⓘ
linked to: Batista

Fidel Castro's rebel forces ⓘ
commander Fidel Castro ⓘ
Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
conflict Cuban Revolution ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
date 1958 ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1950s in Cuba ⓘ
location Sierra Maestra ⓘ
opponent Cuban government forces ⓘ
Cuban revolutionary guerrillas ⓘ
outcome rebel forces avoided annihilation ⓘ
partOf Cuban Revolution ⓘ
phaseOf final phase of the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
region Oriente Province ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of La Plata ⓘ
Battle of Santa Clara ⓘ
Cuban Revolution ⓘ
result strategic rebel success ⓘ
tactical government success ⓘ
significance one of the last major engagements before the fall of Batista ⓘ
tacticUsed encirclement by government forces ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
theater Sierra Maestra campaign ⓘ
typeOfConflict counterinsurgency operation ⓘ

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

Sierra Maestra campaign → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Las Mercedes ⓘ
Rebel Army → notableEvent → Battle of Las Mercedes ⓘ
Batista government forces → significantEvent → Battle of Las Mercedes ⓘ
Rebel Army (Cuba) → notableBattle → Battle of Las Mercedes ⓘ
Ejército Rebelde → notableBattle → Battle of Las Mercedes ⓘ
Castro’s Rebel Army → notableBattle → Battle of Las Mercedes ⓘ