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United States invasion of Grenada. The United States of America and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada, 100 miles (160 km) north of Venezuela at dawn on 25 October 1983. Codenamed Operation Urgent Fury by the U.S. military, it resulted in military occupation within a few days. [9] .
La invasión de Granada, conflicto militar de nombre en código Operación Urgent Fury ( Operación Furia Urgente ), fue una invasión a la nación insular de Granada por los Estados Unidos y varias otras naciones caribeñas en respuesta al golpe de Estado perpetrado por Hudson Austin y su alianza militar cubano - soviética.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Operation Urgent Fury. Date: October 25, 1983 - October 28, 1983. Location: Grenada. Participants: Grenada. United States. U.S. invasion of Grenada, (October 25, 1983), U.S.-led invasion of the Caribbean country of Grenada to overthrow a military government that had taken power in a bloody coup days earlier.
Overview: The U.S.-led invasion of Grenada prevented a communist takeover and restored a constitutional government to the Caribbean island nation. Key Participants: U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force troops, along with troops of the Caribbean Defense Force, opposed by Grenadian and Cuban military troops.
13 de nov. de 2009 · United States invades Grenada. President Ronald Reagan, citing the threat posed to American nationals on the Caribbean nation of Grenada by that nation’s Marxist regime, orders U.S. forces to...
Most Americans who remember Operation Urgent Fury—the October 1983 U.S.-led invasion of Grenada—recall it as a contingency action to protect U.S. citizens on a tropical island then in the throes of a bloody power struggle.
25 de oct. de 2013 · Thirty years ago today, Operation Urgent Fury swept Grenada, a small island nation off the coast of Venezuela. The conflict pit the U.S. military against Grenadian revolutionaries and the Cuban...
