Operation Urgent Fury | |||||||
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Part of the Cold War | |||||||
A Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter of the U.S. Marine Corps hovers above the ground near an abandoned Soviet ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft weapon during the invasion of Grenada in 1983. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
PRG of Grenada |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ronald Reagan Joseph Metcalf III Norman Schwarzkopf Nicholas Brathwaite Tom Adams Edward Seaga Vere Bird Eugenia Charles Kennedy Simmonds John Compton Milton Cato |
Hudson Austin Fidel Castro Pedro Tortoló |
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Strength | |||||||
United States: 7,300 CPF: 353 |
Grenada: ~1,200 Cuba: 780 Soviet Union: 49 North Korea: 24 East Germany: 16 Bulgaria: 14 Libya: 3 or 4 |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
United States: 19 killed 116 wounded 9 helicopters lost |
Grenada:
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US-CPF victory
United States
Grenadan opposition
Caribbean Peace Force:
PRG of Grenada
Cuba
Military advisors:
Grenada:
45 killed
337 wounded
Cuba:
24 killed
59 wounded
638 captured
2 transport aircraft
Soviet Union:
Large weapons cache seized:
The Invasion of Grenada was a 1983 United States–led invasion of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, which has a population of about 91,000 and is located 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of Venezuela, that resulted in a U.S. victory within a matter of weeks. Codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, it was triggered by the internal strife within the People's Revolutionary Government that resulted in the house arrest and the execution of the previous leader and second Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop, and the establishment of a preliminary government, the Revolutionary Military Council with Hudson Austin as Chairman. The invasion resulted in the appointment of an interim government, followed by democratic elections in 1984. The country has remained a democratic nation since then.