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Banana Wars

1898 CE – 1934 CE · 36 years

A series of US military interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean to protect American commercial interests and enforce the Roosevelt Corollary. US Marines occupied Haiti, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and intervened in Mexico and Honduras.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United States
  • Various Caribbean and Central American forces

Key moments

Defining events in the Banana Wars.

  1. 1912–1933 US occupation of Nicaragua
  2. 1915–1934 US occupation of Haiti
  3. 1916–1924 US occupation of Dominican Republic

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1898 CE and 1934 CE.

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