Operation Urgent Fury

Operation Urgent Fury was the United States-led invasion of Grenada from October 25 to December 15, 1983. It overthrew Grenada’s military government and installed an interim administration.

People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada: Grenada’s revolutionary government, established after the New Jewel Movement’s 1979 coup. Its overthrow was the invasion’s central political objective.
New Jewel Movement: A Grenadian left-wing political movement that seized power in a 1979 coup. It established the government that the invasion later removed.
Ronald Reagan: The 40th president of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989. He authorized the invasion and publicly defended its rationale.
Grenadian general election, 1984: The December 1984 election that established a new elected government in Grenada. It marked the transition from interim rule after the invasion.
United States invasion of Panama: The U.S. military invasion of Panama in December 1989 that removed Manuel Noriega from power. It was a later U.S. intervention in the region with different stated aims and scale.
United States invasion of Grenada: The U.S. military campaign that began on October 25, 1983, as the main part of Operation Urgent Fury. Its landings and combat operations formed the invasion’s core.
Maurice Bishop: A Grenadian politician who led the New Jewel Movement and served as prime minister from 1979 to 1983. His killing during the 1983 power struggle preceded the invasion.
Eugenia Charles: Dominica’s prime minister from 1980 to 1995 and a founding leader of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. She announced the regional request for intervention alongside Reagan.
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 38/7: A 1983 General Assembly resolution deploring the armed intervention in Grenada as a flagrant violation of international law. It recorded broad international condemnation of the invasion.
Bay of Pigs Invasion: A failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles backed by the U.S. government. Unlike this failed covert effort, Urgent Fury quickly removed the targeted government.

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