Battle for Point Salines

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The Battle for Point Salines was a key engagement during the 1983 U.S.-led invasion of Grenada, centered on securing the island’s main airport from defending forces.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Assault on Point Salines Airport ⓘ
Battle of Point Salines ⓘ
belligerent Cuban forces ⓘ
Grenadian forces ⓘ
United States ⓘ
combatant Cuban military personnel stationed in Grenada ⓘ
United States Army 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
United States Army Rangers ⓘ
commander H. Norman Schwarzkopf ⓘ
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ⓘ
U.S. Army Rangers leadership ⓘ
conflict United States invasion of Grenada ⓘ
country Grenada ⓘ
date 1983-10-25 ⓘ
endDate 1983-10-25 ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
followedBy advance toward St. George's ⓘ
subsequent operations against Grenadian and Cuban positions ⓘ
involves air transport operations ⓘ
airborne forces ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
location Point Salines International Airport ⓘ
Point Salines, Grenada ⓘ
militaryUnit 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment ⓘ
2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment ⓘ
82nd Airborne Division elements ⓘ
United States Air Force transport aircraft ⓘ
United States Navy support units ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Navy units
objective secure airhead for follow-on forces ⓘ
seizure of Point Salines International Airport ⓘ
operation Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ
opposingForce Cuban military engineers ⓘ
People's Revolutionary Army of Grenada ⓘ
partOf United States invasion of Grenada ⓘ
partOfCampaign Caribbean theater of the Cold War ⓘ
precededBy initial U.S. planning for Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ
primaryTarget Point Salines runway ⓘ
result United States victory ⓘ
startDate 1983-10-25 ⓘ
strategicSignificance control of Grenada's main international airport ⓘ
facilitated rapid buildup of U.S. forces on Grenada ⓘ
tacticalFeature airborne assault ⓘ
parachute drop onto airfield ⓘ
seizure of runway ⓘ
theater Caribbean Sea region ⓘ
year 1983 ⓘ

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