Invasion of Grenada

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:aftermath Democratic elections held in 1984
US occupation until December 1983
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Urgent_Fury
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkbp:casualties Civilians: 24 killed
Cuba: 25 killed, 59 wounded
Grenada: 45 killed, 358 wounded
United States: 19 killed, 116 wounded
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Organization_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Hudson_Austin
gptkb:Austin_Clarke
gptkb:Bernard_Coard
gptkbp:endDate 1983-10-29
gptkbp:followedBy Restoration of Grenadian government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Invasion of Grenada
gptkbp:involvedMilitaryUnit gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:US_Marines
gptkb:Barbados_Defence_Force
gptkb:Jamaica_Defence_Force
gptkb:Rangers_(United_States_Army)
gptkb:US_Navy_SEALs
gptkbp:location gptkb:Grenada
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Restricted during operation
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Urgent_Fury
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Grenadian_Revolution
gptkbp:purpose Overthrow of the People's Revolutionary Government
Rescue of American citizens
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
US-Cuba relations
Caribbean politics
gptkbp:result United States victory
Restoration of constitutional government in Grenada
gptkbp:significance Test of US rapid deployment capability
First major US military operation since Vietnam War
gptkbp:startDate 1983-10-25
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Organization_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States
gptkbp:UNResolution gptkb:General_Assembly_Resolution_38/7
gptkbp:UNResolutionResult Condemnation of the invasion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4