'''Grenada''' is an [[island]] [[nation]] in the southeastern [[Caribbean Sea]]. Located north of [[Trinidad and Tobago]], it is the second-smallest independent country in the [[Western Hemisphere]].
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'''Grenada''' is an [[island]] [[nation]] in the southeastern [[Caribbean Sea]]. Located north of [[Trinidad and Tobago]], it is the second-smallest independent country in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. It was a British colony until 1974.
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in 1983<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_3207000/3207509.stm]</ref>, US forces invaded Grenada.
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In October of 1983<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_3207000/3207509.stm 1983: US troops invade Grenada.]</ref>, US forces invaded Grenada in Operation Urgent Fury.