From today's Sosua News:
[h=5]On 20 June 1959, around 8 o'clock in the morning, Sos?a was bombed by the Dominican Air Force. Aircraft from the Air Force strafed and bombed both houses and the beach. Later it turned out the bombing was a mistake.[/h]
[h=5]A group of Dominican exiles accompanied by Cuban and other foreign volunteers decided to attempt to make an end to the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. A bloody dictatorship that terrorized the country for almost 30 years. The exiles were inspired by the revolution in Cuba led by Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. It was thought that the population of the Dominican Republic was ready for a similar revolution. In the original plan Sos?a was designated as landing area by the armed fighters. The other was an airborne landing near San Juan de la Maguana or Constanza and landings per vessel at La Isabela and Sos?a. For the bad weather the landing on the beach of Sos?a was cancelled and the boats had to return to Cuba.[/h]
[h=5]On 20 June 1959, around 8 o'clock in the morning, Sos?a was bombed by the Dominican Air Force. Aircraft from the Air Force strafed and bombed both houses and the beach. Later it turned out the bombing was a mistake.[/h]
[h=5]A group of Dominican exiles accompanied by Cuban and other foreign volunteers decided to attempt to make an end to the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. A bloody dictatorship that terrorized the country for almost 30 years. The exiles were inspired by the revolution in Cuba led by Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. It was thought that the population of the Dominican Republic was ready for a similar revolution. In the original plan Sos?a was designated as landing area by the armed fighters. The other was an airborne landing near San Juan de la Maguana or Constanza and landings per vessel at La Isabela and Sos?a. For the bad weather the landing on the beach of Sos?a was cancelled and the boats had to return to Cuba.[/h]