Castro Storyboard
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- Castro laid traps to defeat Batista’s 12,000 member troops. Since the majority of the troops were inexperienced, Castro, who knew the land well, laid traps to defeat them, and had the overwhelming support of the locals. This was known as Operation Verano.
- Bombsand traps
- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
- Castro launched a counter-attack against Batista, and by 1958, more than 3,000 of his supporters were armed with weapons that originally belonged to Batista’s troops. Castro gradually took over major cities until he had full control of Cuba in 1959.
- I OWN EVERYTHING YAY!!
- Castro confirmed that he was not a communist, but he was still unpopular with many people, meaning a large number of people fled to the United States.
- CASTRO? UGH. WE HATE THAT GUY.
- Under Castro’s first government, he made someone else president and himself Commander in Chief of the army. He developed ORPC to help with his land reform goals. He became prime minister in 1959.
- I"M THE PRESIDENT!
- BUT I HAVE THE REAL POWER...
- Despite claiming he’s not a dictator, he suspended elections and never reinstated them. He placed a Marxist in charge of his INRA organization, seemingly openly embracing communism for the first time.
- I'M NO DICTATOR... BUT NO ELECTIONS!!!!!! ALSO I LIED. I KINDA LIKE COMMUNISM
- President Urrutia resigned in 1959, and was replaced by someone who did whatever Castro told them to. When they stepped down in 1976, Castro became president.
- FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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