United States invasion of Grenada | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-07

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00:05:34 1 Background
00:06:45 1.1 Airport
00:09:45 1.2 October 1983
00:12:32 2 First day of the invasion
00:14:55 2.1 Cuban forces in Grenada
00:16:42 2.2 Navy SEAL reconnaissance missions
00:17:48 2.3 Air assault on Point Salines
00:20:15 2.4 Capture of Pearls Airport
00:21:10 2.5 Raid on Radio Free Grenada
00:22:17 2.6 Raids on Fort Rupert and Richmond Hill Prison
00:23:32 2.7 Mission to rescue Governor General Scoon
00:25:11 2.8 Airstrikes
00:25:49 3 Second day of the invasion
00:26:25 3.1 Attack on the Cuban compound
00:27:33 3.2 Rescue at Grand Anse
00:28:32 4 Third day of the invasion and after
00:30:53 5 Outcome
00:32:24 6 Legality of US invasion
00:34:41 7 Reaction in the United States
00:36:27 8 International reaction
00:40:12 9 Aftermath
00:41:52 9.1 United States
00:42:01 9.1.1 US disinformation
00:43:05 9.1.2 Lack of communication and information
00:44:30 9.1.3 Role of Vietnam Syndrome
00:45:19 9.1.4 Fictionalized version in film
00:45:51 9.2 Goldwater-Nichols Act
00:47:19 9.3 Other
00:48:05 10 Order of battle
00:49:45 10.1 US ground forces
00:54:04 10.2 U.S. Air Force
00:56:32 10.3 U.S. Navy
00:58:20 10.4 U.S. Coast Guard
00:58:32 11 In popular culture
00:59:48 12 See also
00:59:57 13 Notes
01:00:06 14 Primary sources
01:00:28 15 Further reading
01:02:51 16 External links



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The United States invasion of Grenada began on the 25 October 1983. The  invasion, led by the United States, 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, resulted in a U.S. victory within a matter of days. 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.
Grenada gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. The Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement seized power in a coup in 1979 under Maurice Bishop, suspending the constitution and detaining a number of political prisoners. Among Bishop's core principles were workers' rights, women's rights, and the struggle against racism and Apartheid. Under Bishop's leadership, the National Women's Organization was formed which participated in policy decisions along with other social groups. Women were given equal pay and paid maternity leave, and sex discrimination was made illegal. Organisations for education (Center for Popular Education), health care, and youth affairs (National Youth Organization) were also established. 
In 1983, an internal power struggle began over Bishop's relatively moderate foreign policy approach, and on 19 October, hard-line military junta elements captured and executed Bishop and his partner Jacqueline Creft, along with three cabinet ministers and two union leaders. Subsequently, following appeals by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and the Governor-General of Grenada, Paul Scoon, the Reagan Administration in the U.S. quickly decided to launch a military intervention. U.S. President Ronald Reagan's justification for the intervention was in part explained as "concerns over the 600 U.S. medical students on the island" and fears of a repeat of the Iran hostage crisis.
The U.S. invasion began six days after Bishop's death, on the morning of 25 October 1983, just two days and several hours after the bombing of the U.S. Marine bar ...