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  1. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo / ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh as jargon by members of the U.S. military [1]) is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water [2] on the ...

  2. The naval base, nicknamed "GTMO" or "Gitmo", covers 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi) on the western and eastern banks of the bay. It was established in 1898, when the United States took control of Cuba from Spain following the Spanish–American War.

  3. The Guantanamo Bay detention camp [note 1] is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), also called GTMO (pronounced Gitmo /ˈɡɪtmoʊ/ GIT-moh) on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

  4. The Battle of Guantánamo Bay was fought from June 6 to June 14 in 1898, during the Spanish–American War, when American and Cuban forces seized the strategically and commercially important harbor of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

    • 6-10 June 1898
    • American-Cuban victory
    • Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
  5. Oct 25, 2024 · Guantanamo Bay detention camp, U.S. detention facility on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, located on the coast of Guantanamo Bay in southeastern Cuba. Constructed in stages starting in 2002, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was used to house Muslim militants and suspected terrorists.

  6. Oct 11, 2024 · A large, 45-square-mile (116-square-km) U.S. naval base, which now includes fortifications and airfields, was established by treaty in 1903. Since the 1959 revolution, the Cuban government has protested the U.S. presence and periodically has threatened to seize the base.

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  8. Jul 18, 2020 · The prison at Guantánamo Bay naval base opened on January 11, 2002 and was created in order to house suspected terrorists captured during the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.

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