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Máximo Gómez y Báez (November 18, 1836 – June 17, 1905) was a Cuban-Dominican Generalissimo in Cuba's War of Independence (1895–1898). He was known for his controversial scorched-earth policy, which entailed dynamiting passenger trains and torching the Spanish loyalists' property and sugar plantations—including many owned by Americans. [3]
Máximo Gómez Báez (Baní, República Dominicana, 18 de noviembre de 1836 - La Habana, Cuba, 17 de junio de 1905), también conocido como "El Generalísimo", fue un militar dominicano de la Guerra de los Diez Años y el general en jefe de las tropas revolucionarias cubanas durante la famosa Guerra de Independencia cubana. Es considerado como ...
Máximo Gómez y Báez (born November 18, 1836, Baní, Dominican Republic—died June 17, 1905, Havana, Cuba) was the commander in chief of the Cuban revolutionary forces in the unsuccessful Ten Years’ War (1868–78) and again in the successful Cuban revolution against Spain some 20 years later.
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Máximo Gómez. A Dominican by birth, Máximo Gómez (1836-1905) became a general in Cuba's independence army and a hero of the struggle which ended Spanish domination over Cuba. Máximo Gómez was born in the small town of Baní in the Dominican Republic on Nov. 18, 1836.
Conoce la vida y la obra de Máximo Gómez, el héroe de la independencia cubana que luchó contra los españoles y los estadounidenses. Descubre sus campañas militares, sus alianzas y conflictos políticos, y su legado histórico.
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Born in Santo Domingo, Major General Máximo Gómez Baez commanded Spanish reserve troops there when he traveled to Cuba in 1865. At first he was a supporter of and fighter in the Ten Years' War, Cuba's first struggle for independence, but he soon retired from the fight and returned to his plantations back home.
Biografía de Máximo Gómez, nacido en República Dominicana y que participó en la guerra de independencia de Cuba. Destacó por su estrategia, su uso del machete y su lucha contra la esclavitud.
