📅 24 May 1958
Batista sent thousands of soldiers into the Sierra Maestra to destroy a much smaller rebel force.
📅 25 July 1958
Government troops again tried to penetrate the rebel zone as Operation Verano weakened.
📅 31 July 1958
Government forces attempted to trap Castro’s main force in the final major battle of the summer offensive.
📅 6 August 1958
Rebel manoeuvres and negotiated pauses enabled the guerrillas to escape the attempted encirclement. Batista’s offensive ended in failure.
📅 1 January 1959
Castro denounced attempts by senior officers to transfer power without a complete revolutionary victory.
