Caribbean Peace Force
| Caribbean Peace Force | |||||||
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| Part of the Cold War | |||||||
 Members of the Eastern Caribbean Peace Force. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Dominica Jamaica.svg){kind=small} Saint Lucia.png){kind=small} Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
 Grenada Cuba | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Admiral Joseph Metcalf III H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
Hudson Austin Pedro Tortolo | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 7,300 |
Grenada: 1,500 regulars Cuba: about 722 (mostly military engineers)[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 19 killed; 116 wounded[2] |
Grenada: 45 military and at least 24 civilian deaths; 358 wounded. Cuba: 24 killed, 59 wounded, 638 taken prisoner.[3] | ||||||
The Caribbean Peace Force (CPF) aka Eastern Caribbean Peace Force (ECPF), was an OECS mandated 350-member Peacekeeping Force operating in Grenada, from October 1983 to June 1985, after the Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, by the United States of America and several other nations in response to the illegal deposition and execution of Grenadan Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. On October 25, 1983, the United States, Barbados, Jamaica and members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States landed ships on Grenada, defeated Grenadian and Cuban resistance and overthrew the military government of Hudson Austin.
References
- ^ Ronald H. Cole, 1997, Operation Urgent Fury: The Planning and Execution of Joint Operations in Grenada 12 October - 2 November 1983 Joint History Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington, DC, p.6, p.26, p. 62.] (Retrieved November 9, 2006).
- ^ Cole, op. cit., p.6, 62
- ^ Cole, op. cit., p.6, 62
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