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North Korea sent 24 troops to fight the Americans during the US invasion of Grenada.
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Colin Powell assisted Caspar Weinberger in the invasion of Grenada in 1983, and the Libyan airstrike in 1986.
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The 1983 invasion of Grenada by the US was condemned by the UN General Assembly, only for the Security Council Resolution to be vetoed by the US
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In the Wolf of Wall Street, the government attorney labelled Jordan Belfort's case as a "Grenada": means the case against Belfort is impossible to lose due to overwhelming evidences. It's a reference to US's overwhelming victory of its internationally condemned 1983 Grenada invasion.
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Thanksgiving on the Caribbean island of Grenada is celebrated specifically to commemorate the 1983 American invasion which restored democratic government to the island.
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When the government of Grenada (70km from Grenadines) became associated with the USSR, the US staged a mock invasion of a fictional Caribbean island nation, 'Amber & the Amberdines', which had been subverted by 'Country Red'. Two years later they invaded Grenada.
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Grenada celebrates Thanksgiving Day not for the end of the harvest season but to celebrate the American Invasion of Grenada
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The UN voted overwhelmingly (108-9) to strongly condemn the US invasion of Grenada and ouster of its Stalinist revolutionaries. Democracy was restored and today, the anniversary of the invasion is celebrated as a "Thanksgiving holiday" every year in Grenada.
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Individual US Blackhawk pilots during the invasion of Grenada would play "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner on loudspeakers which boosted troop morale
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During the 1983 invasion of Grenada, "after an American bomb was mistakenly dropped on a mental hospital, dazed patients wandered aimlessly as heavily armed fighters emerged from surrounding cinnamon and allspice plantations, lending a surreal quality to the operation."
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During the Grenada invasion, Jamaica and Grenada had Elizabeth II as Queen. Meaning the Queen was at war with herself.
