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Nov 2023
20m 39s

Episode 8.13

Paul Kendrick
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1958 saw the Guerrilla armies in Cuba grow in number.  The Cuban Army was sent to crush Fidel Castro and his rebels in operation summer, it nearly success but Fidel Castro led his men out of a trap.  The American Government turn against the Cuban dictator and he is forced to flee.  In December 1958, the rebels overcame the Cuban Army.

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