Capture of Point Salines Airport
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_operation
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| gptkbp:casualties |
Cuban: 25 killed, 59 wounded, 638 captured
Grenadian: unknown US: 5 killed, 33 wounded |
| gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:People's_Revolutionary_Army_(Grenada) Cuban military personnel |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Colonel_Pedro_Comas_(Cuba)
General Hudson Austin (Grenada) Major General Norman Schwarzkopf (US planning) |
| gptkbp:date |
25 October 1983
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
advance to St. George's, Grenada
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Capture of Point Salines Airport
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| gptkbp:involvedIn |
gptkb:SEAL_Team_6
75th Ranger Regiment (United States) 82nd Airborne Division (United States) |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:Point_Salines_International_Airport |
| gptkbp:objective |
rescue American citizens
secure Point Salines Airport |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:United_States_invasion_of_Grenada
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
Operation Urgent Fury planning
|
| gptkbp:result |
United States victory
|
| gptkbp:significance |
allowed rapid deployment of US forces
enabled US control of Grenada's main airport |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:US-led_invasion_of_Grenada
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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