1956 - 57
1958
1959
• Guerrilla forces kept on the
move for 6 months - survival
• Guerillas attack government
outposts
• January 1959 - Che Guevara's
forces take Havana
• Guerrilla's focused on
developing peasant support
• May 1958 - Batista launches full
scale assault in Sierra Maestra.
• Castro arrives triumphant in
Havana on 8th January 1958
• 14 January 1957 - Successful
attack on La Pata garrison
• 10 day battle in Jigue. Guerrillas
withstood aerial assaults and
troops reinforcements and
defeated government forces.
• 28th May 1957 - major
battle at El Uvero. Guerrillas
attack and defeat garrison
• Batista's forces withdraw
from Sierra Maestra.
Stalemate develops
• Guerrillas shift from focus
on mobility and establish
permanent base at Ls Plata
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• Castro sends forces to attack
retreating and demoralised
government forces.
• December 1958 Che Guevara
and Camilio Cienfuegos
defeated government forces
outside Santa Clara
• 31 December 1958 - Batista fled