n to use atechnique that was to become a tool in winning the Cuban Revolution: Guerilla Warfare. Using hit and runtactics, the power of the Batistan Dictatorship declined, mostly due to !the lack of preparation for guerillas on Batista's part. With seven rifles in total, the guerillas wontheir first victory at La Plata Barracks. In May 1957, the peasants delivered a shipment of ammunitionand explosives to Castro. With these they began to destroy bridges, railroads, and telephone lines.Without this communication, Batista did know what was happening on the rural war front, thus he neverknew when to send out the military. During the battle of El Uvero on May 27, 1957, the guerillas gaineda major victory. Because they overtook a coastal military base in daylight, the guerillas received agreat boost in self confidence. Batista was eventually forced to remove his troops from the SierraMaestra. With the student protests occurring simultaneously, it looked as though an end to the CubanRevolution was in sight.Historians argue on whom the "hero" of the revolution was. Some look upon the students as heros,yet others see Castro as the person most affiliated militarily with the Cuban Revolution, and Guevara themost affiliated philosophically. If we look closer, we can see how Castro is the one who made therevolution possible in the first place. Without his actions and ideas, the revolts in Cuba would befailures. Fidel Castro organized the guerrilla warfare in Cuba, which helped bring a decisive beginningto the end of the Revolution. His general presence, one of determination and results, also fueled theCubans. The minds of all the so-called heros did share a certain ideology. In the summer of 1958,Castro signed the Caracas Pact, which would formerly restore the Constitution of 1940. The ideals in theconstitution focused on a democratic nation over a military dictatorship. Guevara believed that having ajefe mximo was necessary. This ...
