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Invasion Of Grenada

BelligerentsUnited StatesGrenadian OppositionCaribbean Peace Force: BarbadosJamaicaOrganisation of Eastern Caribbean StatesAntigua and BarbudaDominicaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesGrenada (PRG)People's Revolutionary ArmyPeople's Revolutionary MilitiaRepublic of CubaCuban Revolutionary Armed ForcesSupported by:Soviet UnionCommanders and leadersRonald ReaganCaspar WeinbergerJoseph Metcalf IIINorman SchwarzkopfEdward TrobaughJack B. FarrisPaul ScoonNicholas BrathwaiteTom AdamsFlorizel GlasspoleEdward SeagaWilfred JacobsVere BirdAurelius MarieEugenia CharlesClement ArrindellKennedy SimmondsAllen Montgomery LewisJohn ComptonSydney Gun-MunroMilton CatoHudson AustinFidel CastroStrengthUnited States: 7,300 troops4 tanks1 LPH USS Guam Flagship ComPhibron1 LHA (USS Saipan (LHA-2))1 aircraft carrier (USS Independence)3 destroyers2 frigates1 ammunition ship27 F-14A TomcatsCPF: 353 peacekeepersGrenada: 1,300 troops8 APCs2 armored cars12 AA gunsCuba: 784 (including 636 armed construction workers)Casualties and lossesUnited States: 19–24 killed116 wounded36 injured9 helicopters destroyedGrenada: 21–45 killed358 wounded6 APCs destroyed1 armored car destroyedCuba: 24 killed59 wounded638 captured2 transport aircraft capturedSoviet Union: 2 woundedWeapons cache seized: 12 APCs12 anti-aircraft guns291 submachine guns6,330 rifles5.6 million rounds of ammunition 24 civilians killed (18 of them when a mental hospital was mistakenly bombed by U.S. Navy A-7s)The United States and a coalition of Caribbean countries invaded the island nation of Grenada at dawn on 25 October 1983.

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