Cuban Revolution

José Antonio Echeverría holding a Cuban Flag at the University of Havana
Date26 July 19531 January 1959
(5 years, 5 months and 6 days)
Location
Result

Student Revolutionary Directorate victory

Belligerents

 Cuba

Supported by:

Student Revolutionary Directorate
Second National Front of Escambray
Popular Socialist Party
Moncada Barracks Attackers


Supported by:
Commanders and leaders
Strength
20,000 (1958) 3,000 (1958)
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed[1]
Arms captured:
1,000 killed[1]
Thousands of civilians tortured and murdered by Batista's government; unknown number of people executed by the Rebel Army[3][4][5][6]
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  6. ^ "Massacres during Batista's Dictatorship". 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.