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| Battle of La Plata Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro |  |
| May La Plata During the battle of La Plata, Castro's forces defeat an entire battalion |
| Battle of Las Mercedes Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| May Las Mercedes During the battle of Las Mercedes, Castro's army comes close to defeat & manages to pull his troops out by opening up negotiations with General Cantillo |
| Capture of Santa Clara Batista, Fulgenico | |
| Santa Clara When the rebels capture Santa Clara, east of Havana, Batista decides the struggle is futile and flees the country to exile in Portugal and later Spain |
| Coup d'Etat Batista, Fulgenico | |
| Santa Clara When the rebels capture Santa Clara, east of Havana, Batista decides the struggle is futile and flees the country to exile in Portugal and later Spain |
| Sierra Maestra The rebels had succeed in breaking out of the Sierra Maestra and launch a general insurrection, joined by hundreds of students and others fleeing Batista's crackdown on dissent in the cities |
| 14th Mar In response to Batista's plea to purchase better arms from the USAin order to root out the insurgents in the mountains, the United States Government imposes an arms embargo on the Cuban government |
| Invasion of Cuba Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| May When Operation Verano ends, Castro orders 3 columns commanded by Guevara, Jaime Vega and Camilo Cienfuegos to invade central Cuba |
| Siege of Santa Clara Batista, Fulgenico | |
| Santa Clara When the rebels capture Santa Clara, east of Havana, Batista decides the struggle is futile and flees the country to exile in Portugal and later Spain |
| Verano Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| May Batista launches Operation Verano aiming to crush Castro and other anti-government groups |
| May Castro's guerrilla forces scores a series of victories, largely aided by mass desertions from Batista's army of poorly trained & uncommitted young conscripts |
| May When Operation Verano ends, Castro orders 3 columns commanded by Guevara, Jaime Vega and Camilo Cienfuegos to invade central Cuba |
