26th of July Movement organization
also: 26th July Movement, Castro's July 26th movement, January 26th movement, July 26th movement, July 26th Movement, M26, M26 group, M26 guerrillas, M26 organization, M26 unit, MR-26-7, MR267, those who had opposed him by aligning themselves with the 26th July Movement
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Claims (9)
Fidel Castro founded
26th of July Movement book_quoted
“and had lost most of its support among the Cubans to include the military. They had flocked to Castro's 26th of July movement, which was nicknamed M26, which took its name from the date of an unsuccessful revolt Castro had previously led. B…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 3:57
26th of July Movement overthrew
Fulgencio Batista book_quoted
“and had lost most of its support among the Cubans to include the military. They had flocked to Castro's 26th of July movement, which was nicknamed M26, which took its name from the date of an unsuccessful revolt Castro had previously led. B…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 3:57
Fidel Castro headed
26th of July Movement documented
“But Batista's corruption and oppression increasingly lost their support. Cubans flocked to Castro's July 26th movement by the droves. It had taken this name from the date of an unsuccessful revolt that Castro had once led. The M26 guerrilla…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 41:05
26th of July Movement overthrew
Fulgencio Batista documented
“The guests had been the rich and powerful of Cuba. Some of the 60 visitors knew and suspected that Batista was going to run, flee the country. Castro's irresistible forces were descending from the Sierra Matres mountains where the struggle …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 40:35
Fidel Castro founded
26th of July Movement documented
“But Batista's corruption and oppression increasingly lost their support. Cubans flocked to Castro's July 26th movement by the droves. It had taken this name from the date of an unsuccessful revolt that Castro had once led. The M26 guerrilla…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 40:35
Belgian Communist Party relationship_with
26th of July Movement book_quoted
“favored general strike tactics. They wanted nothing to do with the M26 movement. Even people in Cuba, they had a very small contingent that actually called themselves communists. They wanted nothing to do with Castro. Argentina, Brazil, Chi…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 46:03
26th of July Movement carried_out_attack
Dominican Republic book_quoted
“what was going on in Cuba. There were reports of a legion created for this purpose. During the 1959 and 60, small armed groups invaded Panama, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. Much as Castro himself had sailed to Cuba to establish his…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 57:33
26th of July Movement carried_out_attack
Guatemala book_quoted
“what was going on in Cuba. There were reports of a legion created for this purpose. During the 1959 and 60, small armed groups invaded Panama, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. Much as Castro himself had sailed to Cuba to establish his…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 57:33
26th of July Movement carried_out_attack
Panama book_quoted
“what was going on in Cuba. There were reports of a legion created for this purpose. During the 1959 and 60, small armed groups invaded Panama, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. Much as Castro himself had sailed to Cuba to establish his…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 57:33
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▶ 40:35
But Batista's corruption and oppression increasingly lost their support. Cubans flocked to Castro's July 26th movement by the droves. It had taken this name from the date of an unsuccessful revolt that Castro had once led. The M26 guerrilla…
▶ 41:06
spread out from the Sierra, creating fronts in several parts of Cuba. Those who cared could see the handwriting on the wall. Batista was no fool of what would be his disposition. The dictator's brief appearance at his reception came around …
▶ 42:04
At first, didn't believe him. At that moment, the M26 unit closest to Havana, a column of Santa Clara under Argentine Shea Cavera, was 150 miles away. They still had a lot of fighting to do, but Batista wasn't going to hang around. Shea was…
▶ 42:34
He got the news seven hours after Batista fled. Che Guevara immediately ordered a march forward. His force arrived in Havana the next morning. He drove directly to the La Cabana Fortress, whose garrison of 15,000 men dwarfed Che's small M26…
▶ 45:04
Note, therefore, that in 1959, notwithstanding Castro's pronouncement decades later, Fidel Castro had not become a communist, nor was his January 26th movement anything associated with the Communist Party. Nor did Castro bring communism int…
▶ 46:32
explained Batista's fall by citing corruption and his consequent lack of public support. Alan Dulles is said to have taken this report and personally rewritten it. A paper Dulles forwarded to State in February of 1959, not all complimentary…
▶ 47:02
asserted that M26 group lacked dynamic leadership. He categorized it as floundering. It said that it had difficulty relating to youth and that all of the top leaders were inexperienced. Well,…