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1983: U.S. Forces Landed in Grenada During Operation Urgent Fury

Sunday, October 25, 2026

25 October 1983: U.S. forces landed in Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury. Triggered by the house arrest and murder of the leader of the coup which had brought a revolutionary government to power for the preceding four years, the invasion resulted in a restoration of the pre-revolutionary regime.

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