Battle of the Hotel Nacional of Cuba 1933
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 2 October 1933 – 3 October 1933 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1933 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Interwar (1919–1938) | derived from year |
| Location | Cuba | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | North America | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Cuban coup d'etat of 1933 | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 23.1431, -82.3806 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba took place on October 2, 1933 (11 hours). After the Sergeants' Revolt on September 4, 1933 and the proclamation of sergeant Fulgencio Batista as the new Army Chief of Staff, replacing Julio Sanguily Echarte, the higher ranking army officials (such as captains, colonels, and generals) refused to recognize this proclamation. Suffering from a hemorrhaging ulcer in his stomach at the time, Sanguily would rest at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. In addition to Sanguily, the United States ambassador, Sumner Welles was also staying at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Given the importance of Sanguily, who in the eyes of the higher ranking army officials, was the legitimate Army Chief of Staff and on the other hand the fact that the U.S. ambassador himself was staying at Hotel Nacional, it followed that the Hotel Nacional was the perfect place for the army officials to regroup and put Ramon Grau's government in a deadlock.
On September 8, 1933, United States Ambassador to Cuba at the time, Sumner Welles telegraphed the following to the United States Secretary of State,
The Hotel Nacional in Habana, where many of the American colony are living at the present moment and to which I myself have moved since the lease on my house expired, has been decided upon today by…
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