Batista's Cuban Army

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Batista's Cuban Army was the government military force of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista that fought against Fidel Castro’s revolutionary guerrillas during the Cuban Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
allegiance Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Batista regime armed forces ⓘ
Cuban Army under Batista ⓘ
associatedWith Batista dictatorship ⓘ
characterizedBy corruption ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
low morale ⓘ
commandStructure Cuban Ministry of Defense under Batista ⓘ
conflict Cuban Revolution ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing triumph of Cuban Revolution ⓘ
endTime 1959 ⓘ
garrison Havana ⓘ
governedBy Batista regime ⓘ
headquarters Havana ⓘ
ideology pro-Batista authoritarianism ⓘ
leader Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
mainOppositionGroup 26th of July Movement ⓘ
mainOppositionLeader Fidel Castro ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Santa Clara ⓘ
assault on Moncada Barracks response ⓘ
operations in Sierra Maestra ⓘ
notableOpponentCommander Camilo Cienfuegos ⓘ
Che Guevara ⓘ
operatedIn Cuba ⓘ
opposedBy 26th of July Movement ⓘ
Cuban revolutionary guerrillas ⓘ
Fidel Castro ⓘ
partOf Government of Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
linked to: Fulgencio Batista
precededBy Cuban Army of pre-1952 government ⓘ
primaryEnemy 26th of July Movement guerrillas ⓘ
Fidel Castro's guerrillas ⓘ
role counterinsurgency ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
regime protection ⓘ
significantEvent collapse during 1958–1959 rebel offensive ⓘ
startTime 1952 ⓘ
statusAfter1959 disbanded ⓘ
succeededBy Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba ⓘ
supportedBy United States ⓘ
timePeriod 1952–1959 ⓘ
type regular army ⓘ
used U.S.-supplied weapons ⓘ

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Battle of El Uvero → combatant → Batista's Cuban Army ⓘ
Battle of Yaguajay → governmentSide → Cuban Army under Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
linked to: Batista's Cuban Army
urban underground of the 26th of July Movement → opposedBy → Cuban armed forces under Batista ⓘ
linked to: Batista's Cuban Army
Batista's Cuban Army → alsoKnownAs → Cuban Army under Batista ⓘ
linked to: Batista's Cuban Army
Segundo Frente Oriental Frank País → opponent → Cuban Army under Batista ⓘ
linked to: Batista's Cuban Army