Attack on the Moncada Barracks
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The Moncada Barracks were military barracks in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba named after General Guillermo Moncada, a hero of the Cuban War of Independence. On 26 July 1953, the barracks was the site of an armed attack by a small group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro. That day a simultaneous attack was carried out on the Carlos M. de Cespedes Barracks in Bayamo directed by Raúl Martínez Ararás by order of Castro. The attack failed and the surviving revolutionaries were imprisoned. This armed attack is widely accepted as the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. The date on which the attack took place, 26 July, was adopted by Castro as the name for his revolutionary movement, Movimiento 26 Julio, which eventually toppled the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista on 1 January 1959.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1748 | Battle of Santiago de Cuba | Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1895 | Battle of Dos Ríos | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1898 | Battle of Las Guasimas | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1898 | Battle of El Caney | United States, battle, Spain under the Restoration | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1898 | Battle of San Juan Hill | Spain, United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1898 | Battle of Santiago de Cuba | battle, William Thomas Sampson, Pascual Cervera y Topete, Winfield Scott Schley | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1898 | Siege of Santiago | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1953 | Attack on the Moncada Barracks | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1956 | Santiago de Cuba Uprising | rebellion, 26th of July Movement, Republic of Cuba | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | USS Merrimac | steamship | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca | fortress | Wikidata | |