The Washington Post
Navigation Bar
Navigation Bar

 
Scenes from a Revolution

Photos from "Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures"
© 1998 Osvaldo and Roberto Salas
 the Beginning
Back      Next
 Fidel Castro announces at the fund-raiser that he will invade Cuba in 1956. As promised, Castro and 83 rebels launched a Dec. 2 attack in Oriente province. Most were killed by Batista's forces or imprisoned. Castro and 11 others fled into the Sierra Maestra and conducted guerrilla warfare until Batista fled Jan. 1, 1959.
 
Beginning Revolution Fidel Che Cold War

Cuba Index

© Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company

Navigation Bar
Navigation Bar