The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d’état.

Operation Urgent Fury was the code name for the United States-led invasion of the Caribbean island of Grenada in October 1983. The operation was launched primarily to overthrow the Marxist government that had come to power through a coup and to protect American citizens living on the island, particularly students attending a medical school. It was one of the first major military actions by the United States since the Vietnam War and remains a significant moment in Cold War history.