Escambray rebellion
| Escambray rebellion | |||||||
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| Part of the consolidation of the Cuban Revolution | |||||||
Anti-communist insurgents in Cuba circa 1959–1964 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Insurgents:
CIA (1959–1961) Dominican Republic (1960) Partido Auténtico |
Government of Cuba Supported by: Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Osvaldo Ramírez † Tomás San Gil † Julio Emilio Carretero Cheito León † Manolo López López † William A. Morgan Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo (POW) Sinesio Walsh (POW) |
Fidel Castro Lizardo Proenza Raúl Menéndez Tomassevich Manuel Fajardo † Francisco Ciutat de Miguel | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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c. 177 outlawed groups
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Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces National Revolutionary Militia Department of State Security | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2,000–3,995 combatants 6,000+ collaborators | 250,000 (armed forces and militia) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2,000–3,000 killed 5,000 captured |
Armed Forces: 500 soldiers killed 1,000+ soldiers wounded Militia: 3,500 killed | ||||||
| 1,000–7,000 total deaths | |||||||
The Escambray rebellion was an armed conflict from 1959 to 1965 in the Escambray Mountains during which several insurgent groups fought against the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro. The military operation against the rebellion was called the Struggle Against Bandits (Spanish: Lucha Contra Bandidos, or LCB) by the Cuban government.
The rebels were a mix of former soldiers of the Batista regime, local farmers, and ex-guerrillas who had fought alongside Castro against Batista during the Cuban Revolution. The end result was the elimination of all insurgents by Cuban government forces in 1965.