Why did the US send troops to grenada in 1983?

- Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was overthrown and executed; General Hudson Austin assumed leadership.

- The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) formally requested an intervention from the United States (US) at a meeting in Barbados on October 25.

- The United States government decided that it would intervene immediately.

- That night, forces composed primarily of US personnel and members of the Regional Security Force (RSF), a multinational Caribbean peacekeeping force, led by US personnel invaded the island.

- The US government said the decision to invade was made to protect American students on the island and to prevent a communist takeover of the country by Austin.

- The OECS has repeatedly denied these claims.