Historical Organization
Column 2 Antonio Maceo
Column 2 Antonio Maceo
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Organization Timeline
Camilo Cienfuegos receives an invasion mission
📅 18 August 1958Fidel Castro ordered Cienfuegos’s Column 2 to advance westward, echoing Antonio Maceo’s nineteenth-century liberation campaign.
Rebel columns begin the westward campaign
đź“… 31 August 1958The columns of Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos moved across difficult terrain while pursued by government forces.
Las Villas offensive cuts roads and railways
đź“… 10 December 1958Rebel units attacked transport connections and isolated garrisons, preventing government reinforcement of central Cuba.
Battle of Yaguajay begins
📅 19 December 1958Camilo Cienfuegos’s forces surrounded the army garrison at Yaguajay during the campaign for Las Villas.
Yaguajay garrison surrenders
đź“… 30 December 1958After prolonged resistance, the government garrison surrendered to Camilo Cienfuegos, clearing the road toward Havana.
Camilo Cienfuegos occupies Camp Columbia
📅 2 January 1959Cienfuegos took control of the country’s largest military installation, completing the collapse of Batista’s command in Havana.