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F1ackM0nk3y t1_iur7ssv wrote

Not sure about Che but, my understanding is that Castro had an unparalleled understanding of the terrain because he fished there. Combine that with all the other known misperceptions/lack of support, it was like shooting fish in a barrel for the Cubans.

One has to wonder if because the failure was so catastrophic, it later encouraged Kennedy to send “Military Advisors” into Vietnam

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mchistory21st t1_iur96x3 wrote

It did. It was that, and Kennedy feeling like he was embarrassed by Khrushchev the first time they met that caused him to draw a line in the sand in Vietnam.

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Fabulous-Fox3057 t1_iurfs8f wrote

Hey ,i am cuban and if i know something about Fidel was that he had an unpararelled understanding of geography.

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FoxtrotZero t1_iusigfa wrote

That's an interesting and valuable trait to have. Any particular reason he had such a base of knowledge? I imagine it's easier to be intimately familiar with an island nation than a continental one.

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Fabulous-Fox3057 t1_iut0wh4 wrote

He was a man of action He understood since young age the importance of knowing one's terrain He was born In a rural part of Cuba ,Biran.But there is something you must know In the war of Angola he directed the cuban strategy ,not the soviets ,and he did it from Cuba .He knew how to use the terrain in África in his behalf. Sorry for my english i don't have much practice.

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pressure_7 t1_iutcarm wrote

I think you are too humble to apologize for your English, it is quite good

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[deleted] t1_iutlo62 wrote

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pressure_7 t1_iutlsyo wrote

He deserves a compliment because being proficient at a learned language is impressive

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BrontesGoesToTown t1_iuuh7ws wrote

People who speak excellent English as a second (or third) language always write immaculately and then apologize for their English.

Meanwhile, people who only speak English-- poorly-- dominate the English-speaking internet. There really is no justice, is there?

Long story short: thank you and keep up the good work, u/Fabulous-Fox3057 !

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mcr1974 t1_iuvpy53 wrote

aww those rare moments of reddit kindness... buried deep among the vitriol and factual dreariness.

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JEDD_MASON t1_iusoasy wrote

It was in fact because he fished around the terrain and area the invasion was attempted which meant he understood the area extremely well.

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TheGreatBelow023 t1_ius6kxn wrote

And before the invasion he visited the area and stated that if the US were to invade, they’d invade here.

He and Che both helped to provide this historically neglected area with doctors and engineers to build schools to win the people over.

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BaronCoop t1_iusa9zx wrote

Is this true? That’s genius, I’d never heard that part before.

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[deleted] t1_iuue8o8 wrote

This method is how he rose to power. ETA: I’m Cuban.

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TheGreatBelow023 t1_iuummmj wrote

Definitely give “blowback” season 2 a listen. It covers the Cuban Revolution

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likealump t1_iuvkwck wrote

Classic authoritarian dictator MO. Chavez in Venezuela indoctrinated children by having hungry school kids put their heads down and pray to god for food and find nothing when they opened their eyes; then had them pray to Chavez and find food before them when they looked up again.

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grapeswisher420 t1_iuta1b9 wrote

That’s my understanding. The US picked the exact spot where Fidel ran around as a kid, and Fidel personally directed the counterattack.

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Fabulous-Fox3057 t1_iurfzoc wrote

Hey ,i am cuban and if i know something about Fidel was that he had an unpararelled understanding of geography.

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fd25t6 t1_iusdx0b wrote

Hey are you Cuban?

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Fabulous-Fox3057 t1_iusxids wrote

Yes.Is there anything you want to ask me ?

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Convergecult15 t1_iutbtas wrote

What do you know about Castros understanding of geography?

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Fabulous-Fox3057 t1_iutg28u wrote

He wrote 2 books about how he defeated Batista (the cuban dictator) armies . He fought majorly in the Mountains of Sierra Maestra . In the book he depicts the geography of the region.When he was in charge of the economy of Cuba he knew how to use the geography of Cuba for our own interests. He was by no means perfect but his knowledge helped building our economy. An example was the proyect "la voluntad hidraulica". Is a great network of dams in Cuba . Even after his dead we are finishing " el trasvase este oeste" I don't know if you knew that Cuba suffers from drought in the central region. So the " trasvase " is a colosal proyect to bring water from the east to the west. That Will allow us to develop farming in the central region .There are many other examples.

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boethius70 t1_iusuhkz wrote

Yes he is, definitely.

Also did you know Castro had an unparalleled understanding of geography? Let's not forget that.

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enfiel t1_ivkuoi4 wrote

I just imagined Castro getting angry they were messing with his fishing pond :D

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sum_dude44 t1_iusyaj7 wrote

He also had inside intelligence on the attack, allowing them to ambush them. Kennedy was a good diplomat but a terrible Commander in Chief

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