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Land a plane with 56 soldiers to start invasion
56 soldiers dead
The VDV would be proud
I think that’s where they got their inspiration
Saint Colonel Piotr would question them about the gap in their resume between landing and dying.
And they were right to try. Trujillo was a monster.
Edit: and also the invasion catalyzed the assassination of Trujillo
Yeah, that’s a nasty military failure, but the Cuban communists were not the bad guys in that period, relative to the other powers in Latin America. I don’t actually know anything about Trujillo, but I bet I can make good guesses about what kind of leader he was.
He was said to have the best fed sharks in the Caribbean. Political dissidents had a tendency to disappear during his reign.
Didnt Che try the same bullshit in Colombia or something to similar effect?
Wasn’t Trujillo housing Batista and supporting his return to power?
Aren’t those abysmal numbers to attempt an invasion? Were they banking on overwhelming local support?
Indeed they were. They overestimated it.
Well now I’ve got Millencolin stuck in my brain, so thanks for that.
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