People's Revolutionary Army

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The People's Revolutionary Army was the military wing of Grenada's Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement that came to power after the 1979 revolution.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
People's Revolutionary Army canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed wing ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeDuringPeriod 1979–1983 ⓘ
allegiance People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ
associatedEvent 1979 Grenadian Revolution ⓘ
associatedPoliticalParty New Jewel Movement ⓘ
conflict United States invasion of Grenada ⓘ
internal power struggle within the New Jewel Movement in 1983 ⓘ
country Grenada ⓘ
countryServed People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ
dateFounded 1979 ⓘ
disbanded 1983 ⓘ
disbandedAfterEvent United States invasion of Grenada ⓘ
foundedAfterEvent 1979 Grenadian Revolution ⓘ
foundedBy New Jewel Movement ⓘ
garrison Fort Rupert, St. George's ⓘ
linked to: Fort Rupert
governmentFormServed People's Revolutionary Government ⓘ
headquartersLocation St. George's, Grenada ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
militaryBranchOf New Jewel Movement ⓘ
notableCommander Bernard Coard ⓘ
Ewart Layne ⓘ
Hudson Austin ⓘ
Liam James ⓘ
Selwyn Strachan ⓘ
notableEvent confrontation during Operation Urgent Fury in October 1983 ⓘ
seizure of power in March 1979 ⓘ
opposedBy Caribbean Peacekeeping Force ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
partOf New Jewel Movement ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Cuban ⓘ
pro-Soviet ⓘ
precededBy Grenada Defence Force ⓘ
primaryTask defense of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
support for revolutionary policies of the New Jewel Movement ⓘ
receivedSupportFrom Cuba ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
replaced Grenada Defence Force ⓘ
role military wing of the New Jewel Movement ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
succeededBy reconstituted Grenada Defence Force under Governor-General ⓘ
trainingAssistanceFrom Cuba ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
type revolutionary army ⓘ
usedDoctrine Marxist–Leninist military doctrine ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

New Jewel Movement → createdBody → People's Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Grenadian Revolution → involvedParty → People's Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Hudson Austin → militaryBranch → People's Revolutionary Army ⓘ