Caribbean Peace Force

Caribbean Peace Force

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Caribbean Peace Force


caption=Members of the Eastern Caribbean Peace Force.
partof=the Cold War
date=October 25, 1983 - December 15,1983
place=Grenada
result=Decisive U.S.-led victory
combatant1=flag|United States|
flag|Antigua and Barbuda
flag|Barbados
flag|Dominica|1981
flag|Jamaica
combatant2=flag|Grenada
flag|Cuba
commander1=flagicon|United States Admiral Joseph Metcalf III
flagicon|United States H. Norman Schwarzkopf
commander2=flagicon|Grenada Hudson Austin
flagicon|Cuba Pedro Tortolo
strength1=7,300
strength2=Grenada: 1,500 regulars
Cuba: about 722 (mostly military engineers) [ [http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/history/urgfury.pdf 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). ]
casualties1=19 killed; 116 wounded [ Cole, "op. cit.", p.6, 62 ]
casualties2=Grenada: 45 military and at least 24 civilian deaths; 358 wounded.
Cuba: 24 killed, 59 wounded, 638 taken prisoner. [ Cole, "op. cit.", p.6, 62]

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 Organization of Eastern Caribbean States landed ships on Grenada, defeated Grenadian and Cuban resistance and overthrew the military government of Hudson Austin.


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