Pertempuran Santa Clara adalah serangkaian peristiwa pada akhir Desember 1958 yang berujung pada ditaklukannya kota Kuba Santa Clara oleh para revolusioner di bawah komando Che Guevara. Pertempuran tersebut menjadi kemenangan mutlak bagi para pemberontak yang berjuang melawan rezim Jenderal Fulgencio Batista: dalam 12 jam, kota tersebut ditaklukkan, Batista lari dari Kuba dan pasukan Fidel Castro mengklaim kemenangan.
| Pertempuran Santa Clara | ||||||
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| Bagian dari Revolusi Kuba | ||||||
Che Guevara, setelah pertempuran Santa Clara, 1 Januari 1959 | ||||||
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| Pihak terlibat | ||||||
| Gerakan 26 Juli | Pemerintah Batista | |||||
| Tokoh dan pemimpin | ||||||
| Che Guevara Rolando Cubela Roberto Rodriguez † Nunez Jimenez | Kolonel Joaquin Casillas Kepala Polisi Cornelio Rojas Kolonel Fernandez Suero Kolonel Candido Hernandez | |||||
| Kekuatan | ||||||
| 340 gerilyawan | 3,900 prajurit 10 tank pengebom B-26 1 kereta bersenjata | |||||
| Korban | ||||||
| tidak diketahui, Rodriguez tewas dalam aksi | 2,900 dijadikan tahanan, Casillas dan Rojas dieksekusi |
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Battle of Santa Clara.
- Photographs of the Armored train surrender in Santa Clara by Latin American Studies
- The Battle of Santa Clara: The Legend of Che Guevara is Born 2016-12-25 di Wayback Machine. by Christopher Minster
- by Felipe Yanes, Tampa Tribune, January 25, 2009
- Che's Last Stand by Ed Ewing, The Guardian, December 31, 2008
- Brown, Walter J. (April 30, 1959). "During the recent revolution in Cuba God's work was safe Under HIS Wings" (PDF). Review and Herald. Washington, D. C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association. 136 (18): 16, 17, 21, 23, 24. Diakses tanggal August 2, 2011.[pranala nonaktif permanen] An eye witness account by the president of Antillian College, a Seventh-day Adventist institution located across the road from the Central University. Brown tells of meeting Commander Che Guevara and the college's choir sang at a special ceremony held at the Central University with the new premier, Fidel Castro, in the audience.
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