đź“… 25 November 1956
Eighty-two revolutionaries sailed from Tuxpan aboard the overcrowded yacht Granma to begin an armed struggle in Cuba.
đź“… 2 December 1956
The expedition landed late at Las Coloradas in difficult mangrove terrain, far from its planned meeting with the urban underground.
đź“… 22 January 1957
Rebel forces ambushed an army patrol, showing that the Sierra Maestra guerrilla nucleus had survived.
đź“… 18 August 1958
Fidel Castro ordered Cienfuegos’s Column 2 to advance westward, echoing Antonio Maceo’s nineteenth-century liberation campaign.
đź“… 31 August 1958
The columns of Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos moved across difficult terrain while pursued by government forces.
đź“… 19 December 1958
Camilo Cienfuegos’s forces surrounded the army garrison at Yaguajay during the campaign for Las Villas.
đź“… 30 December 1958
After prolonged resistance, the government garrison surrendered to Camilo Cienfuegos, clearing the road toward Havana.
đź“… 2 January 1959
Cienfuegos took control of the country’s largest military installation, completing the collapse of Batista’s command in Havana.
đź“… 21 October 1959
Camilo Cienfuegos carried out Castro’s order to arrest Matos in Camagüey on accusations of treason and conspiracy.
đź“… 28 October 1959
Cienfuegos’s aircraft vanished during a flight from Camagüey to Havana, prompting a major but unsuccessful search.
đź“… 10 December 1958
Rebel units attacked transport connections and isolated garrisons, preventing government reinforcement of central Cuba.
