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Caribbean Peace Force
Part of the Cold War

Members of the Eastern Caribbean Peace Force.
DateOctober 25, 1983 - December 15, 1983
Location
Grenada
Result Decisive U.S.-led victory
Belligerents
 United States
CPF:
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Barbados
 Dominica
 Jamaica
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		  Grenada
 Cuba
Commanders and leaders
United States Admiral Joseph Metcalf III
United States H. Norman Schwarzkopf		 Grenada Hudson Austin
Cuba Pedro Tortolo
Strength
7,300 2,222[1]
Casualties and losses
19 killed,
116 wounded[2]		 69 killed,
417 wounded,
638 captured[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

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Cole, op. cit., p.6, 62
  3. ^ Cole, op. cit., p.6, 62


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