The United States and a coalition of Caribbean countries [a] invaded the small island nation of Grenada, 100 miles (160 km) north of Venezuela, at dawn on 25 October 1983. Codenamed Operation Urgent Fury by the U.S. military, it resulted in military occupation within a few days. [8] .

U.S. invasion of Grenada, (October 25, 1983), U.S.-led invasion of the Caribbean country of Grenada to overthrow a military government that had taken power in a bloody coup days earlier.

Nov 13, 2009 · President Ronald Reagan, citing the threat posed to American nationals on the Caribbean nation of Grenada by that nation’s Marxist regime, orders U.S. forces to invade and secure their safety.

Dec 3, 2018 · On October 25, 1983, nearly 2,000 United States Marines led an invasion of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada.

Nov 30, 2022 · The United States’ Invasion of Grenada: Tuesday, October 25, 1983, a small group of United States Navy SEALs along with allied forces from some Caribbean nations quietly landed at the north of St. Georges in the Caribbean island of Grenada.

Jul 19, 2023 · In 1979, the small Caribbean nation of Grenada underwent a communist revolution that peacefully installed a socialist government in the former British colony. Four years later, the US intervened militarily to depose a new communist leader and impose a capitalist government.

Oct 25, 2017 · Citing the threat posed to American nationals on the Caribbean nation of Grenada by that nation’s pro-Marxist regime, on this day in 1983 President Ronald Reagan ordered U.S. forces to invade the...

Jul 11, 2016 · On 25th of October 1983, the US together with its allies from the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force invaded Grenada, in the response of the coup d’etat that occurred only nine days earlier.

Aug 23, 2012 · endangered citizens from Grenada. Between October 26 and 30, 1983, the U.S. Air Force transported about 700noncom batant passengers from Grenada. Theevacuationtook sixteen C-141, one C-5, and...

Oct 25, 2013 · Thirty years ago today, Operation Urgent Fury swept Grenada, a small island nation off the coast of Venezuela. The conflict pit the U.S. military against Grenadian revolutionaries and the Cuban...