Rebels Rout The Army In El Salvador

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🗓️ 31 December 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

On December 30 1983 Marxist rebels in El Salvador attacked and occupied the El Paraiso army base in the north of the country. It was the first time an important military installation had fallen to the guerrillas and dealt a humiliating blow to the Army and its US backers. Mike Lanchin has spoken to a former rebel fighter who took part in the operation, and to Todd Greentree who worked at the US Embassy in San Salvador.

Photo: Damage caused to the El Paraiso military base in El Salvador after the 1983 guerrilla attack. (US DOD)

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0:14.0	Cladie Aide.
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0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:24.9	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to
0:32.1	watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:36.5	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:41.5	telly we share what we've been watching.
0:43.7	Cladie Aide!
0:45.7	Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:48.2	Lovely.
0:49.0	Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:51.2	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:54.7	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds hello and welcome to the
1:00.5	BBC World Services History Podcast Witness.
1:04.0	I'm Mike Lanchin.
1:05.0	And today we're going back to the early 1980s when a Cold War battle was being fought in Central America.
1:17.0	In December of 1983, Marxist rebels in El Salvador overran one of the main barracks of the country's US trained army.
1:26.0	Dozens of soldiers were killed and many more were taken prisoner.
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