United States invasion of Grenada

Invasion of Grenada
Part of the Cold War
CH-53D HMM-261 Grenada Okt1983.jpeg
A US Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter hovers above the ground near a Soviet ZU-23 anti-aircraft weapon during the invasion
Date October 25 – December 15, 1983
Location Grenada
Result US-led victory
Belligerents
 United States

 Antigua and Barbuda
 Barbados
Flag of Dominica 1981.svg Dominica
 Jamaica
Flag of Saint Lucia 1979.svg Saint Lucia
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979).png Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  Grenada
 Cuba
Advisors:
 North Korea
 Soviet Union
Bulgaria Bulgaria
 East Germany
 Libya
Commanders
United States Admiral Joseph Metcalf III
United States H. Norman Schwarzkopf		 Grenada Hudson Austin
Cuba Pedro Tortolo
Strength
United States: 7,300 soldiers
Caribbean countries: 353 soldiers		 Grenada: 1,500 regulars
Cuba: 722 (mostly military engineers)[1]
Casualties and losses
United States:
19 killed
116 wounded[2]		 Grenada:
45 killed
358 wounded
Cuba:
25 killed
59 wounded
638 captured[3]
24 Grenadan civilians killed

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