Episode 298 follows Fidel Castro’s disastrous return to Cuba aboard the *Granma* and the near-total collapse of his carefully laid plans within days of landing. What was meant to be a coordinated uprising turns into a brutal fight for survival as delays at sea, bad weather, poor logistics, and immediate detection by Batista’s forces leave Castro’s men sick, starving, scattered, and under constant aerial and ground attack. Drawing heavily on Castro’s later reflections and Che Guevara’s diaries, the episode explores leadership under failure, revolutionary psychology, and the razor-thin line between annihilation and persistence. With only a handful of surviving fighters and a few rifles, Castro reframes catastrophe into resolve, convinced that even seven guns are enough to win a revolution.
Cold War #298 – The Worst Landing in Revolutionary History (Cuban Revolution #23)
