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Operation Urgent Fury is the codename given to the US led invasion of Grenada on October 25th 1983. The invasion force consisted primarily of US and Jamaican Army forces who invaded in response to a request from The Organization of Eastern Carribbean States. The purpose of this invasion was to overthrow the government takeover of Hodson Austin.
The reasons that the US cited for invading Grenada were; the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, the instability of a country close to US borders. and the rescue of American medical students from Saint Georges University.
The advantages of Naval Gunfire and helicopter gunships were the deciding factor which helped insure a speedy victory. October 25th has been declared Thanksgiving Day by the people of Grenada because of this invasion. Even though we don’t list this operation on our website we still give you the capability to create an Operation Urgent Fury custom military ring.
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