cuban+revolution+n-z

December 2, 1956 Castro and his 82 soldiers went aboard a ship; //Granma.// They had landed in cuba but Castro's **number of soldiers** quickly reduced because of Batista's men. But Castro and some of his most important leaders still made it to Sierra Maestra mountains. [] [|http://www.historyofcuba.com/images/Rev/Rebels2.jpg]
 * N** is for **Number of soldiers**

Batista had 17 battalions, tanks, planes, and ships - but when he fought Castro, Castro's men still inflicted a heavy number of casualties on Batista soldiers. [] []
 * O** is for **On May 24, 1958**
 * On the 24th** Batista had lauched an attack on Castro's rebels: //Operación verano.//

After a horrible fail, Castro's men were captured/killed at //Moncada.// At the trial, Fidel Castro gave a speech(his most famous speech)- History Will Absolve Me, and was **pardoned** for about two years. []
 * P** is for **Pardoned**

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Fidel Castro, Che guevara, Raul Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos took on Batista's army. Batista couldn't keep up with castro's guerilla war fare tatics- so he had to live with the **consequences**-and surrender. [] []
 * Q** is for **consequences**


 * R** is for **Rebels**

The **rebels** relied on the peasants for support. And the **rebel** leadership grew each time Batist attacked. []

[] Castro began to plan the //"26 of july" movnment// and also an army.his goal? well, it was to create a //**socialist** revolution// to overthrow Batista. [] [] T is for trial Fidel Castro was imprisoned. During his trial he '//conducted his own legal defence by severly denouncing Batista's regime.'// //[]// [] Anti-batista group - who were not associated with Castro - **unsuccesfully** led an armed assault on the //Presidential Palace.// //[]// [] Casro and his men soon came to a **victory** when his enemys finaly surrendered. [] [] Castro took Batista by suprise using guerilla style **warfare**. Later Batista surrendered.
 * S** is fo **socialist**
 * U** is for **unsuccesfully**
 * V** is for **victory**
 * W** is for **warfare**

[] [] Raul Castro **explained** the events of Moncada barracks in Santiago. "It was a surprise action to disarm the enemy-" Raul spoke thoes words, and much more. []
 * X** is fo **explained**

[] " **History** will absolve me." Fidel Castro said these words in his famous defence speech. [] [] Z is for _ the cuban revolution was a hard won battle. but in the end castro came out on top. batista had fallen pray to castro's guerilla style fighting. but winning the battle would have been a lot harder if castro didnt have the peasants to back him up.
 * Y** is for **history**

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