On this day some 57 years ago, Fidel Castro began his infamous "26th of July Movement," or M-26-7, a movement designed to overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgenico Batista. The date commemorates the day on which Castro and about 200 young Cuban rebels attacked the Moncada army barracks at Santiago, Cuba. The effort was a futile one, and most of the attackers were killed but Fidel and his brother Raul managed to escape. Months later they gave themselves up to stop Batista's police from torturing people in Santiago who were accused of being part of their anti-government campaign.
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