Santa Clara Libre Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Flo.33: Many things changed during the last years in Cuba. So this place ist not anymore a good hiding spot for a geocache. It is time to archive one of the 20 oldest physical geocaches on Cuba now.
Thanks for all the friednly logs.

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Hidden : 11/9/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

[DE] Cache in Santa Clara.

[EN] This is the first cache in Cuba´s Santa Clara.

[DE]
Während der kubanischen Revolution gegen das Batista-Regime wurde die strategisch wichtige Stadt am 29. Dezember 1958 von einer Guerilla-Gruppe der Rebellenarmee M-26-7 unter dem Kommando von Che Guevara eingenommen, nachdem diese einen gepanzerten Waffentransport des Diktators Fulgencio Batista stoppen und erbeuten konnten. Die Einnahme von Santa Clara gilt als die größte militärische Leistung Che Guevaras. Nach zweijährigem Guerillakampf gegen die zahlenmäßig weit überlegene und von den USA unterstützte Batista-Armee in den Bergen der Sierra Maestra war damit auch der Durchbruch in der Ebene geschafft, und der Weg in die Hauptstadt Havanna frei. Am 1. Januar 1959 flüchtet der Diktator Batista aus Kuba.
Nachdem die lange Zeit verschollenen Gebeine Che Guevaras in Bolivien gefunden worden waren, wurden seine sterblichen Überreste 1997 nach Kuba überführt und am Ort seines größten Triumphes in einem eigens geschaffenen Mausoleum beigesetzt.

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[EN]
Santa Clara was the site of the last battle in the Cuban Revolution in late 1958. There were two guerrilla columns that attacked the city, one led by Ernesto Che Guevara and the other led by Camilo Cienfuegos. Guevara's column first captured the garrison at Fomento. Then, using a bulldozer, Guevara's soldiers destroyed railroad tracks and derailed a train full of troops and supplies sent by Batista. At the same time, Cienfuegos's column defeated an army garrison at the Battle of Yaguajay not far from town. On December 31, 1958, the combined forces of Guevara and Cienfuegos (along with other revolutionaries under William Alexander Morgan) attacked Santa Clara. The battle was chaotic, the defenders were demoralized, some fought, others surrendered without a shot. By the afternoon, the city was captured. This victory for Castro's troops is seen as the decisive moment in the Cuban Revolution as Batista fled Cuba less than 12 hours later.


[DE] Wer den Cache ohne GPS suchen möchte, sieht das Final in Form des "V"-Baumes auf dem Bild.

[EN] You can find the cache at the tree shown in the picture.

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