Cuban Revolution (Nixon '56)

Cuban Revolution
Timeline: Nixon '56
A collage of multiple images of the conflict.
Date 26 July 1953 – 16 December 1958 Location Island of Cuba Result US victory End of the revolution started by Castro and Guevara Temporary occupation of Cuba by the US Ending of the Batista regime
Belligerents
Cuba United States (1958)	26th of July Movement
Dominican Republic
Commanders and leaders
Fulgencio Batista Eulogio Cantillo Richard Nixon	Fidel Castro Raúl Castro Che Guevara

The Cuban Revolution (Spanish: Revolución Cubana), also known as the Tabaco War (Spanish: Guerra del Tabaco) was a military conflict between political factions in Cuba with the main objective of overthrowing the dictator Fulgencio Batista and the transformation of the island into a socialist state. Under the administration of Richard Nixon, the army of the United States went on an invasion of Cuba to stop it from falling into communist influence. The conflict started in 1953 after an attack on the military as a response of Fulgencio Batista becoming a US-backed dictator.

The named "26th of July Movement" slowly defeated the national Cuban Army. Before the total collapse of the Batista Regime, the United States decided to intervene with a military invasion in the northeastern parts of the island.