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Conflict Americas

Dominican Civil War

1965 CE

A civil war erupted after constitutionalists attempted to restore the elected president. The U.S. intervened with 42,000 troops — the largest American military action in Latin America since the Mexican-American War — fearing a 'second Cuba.'

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Constitutionalist forces & US intervention
  • Military junta

Key moments

Defining events in the Dominican Civil War.

  1. 1965 Battle of the National Palace
  2. 1965 US Marine landing at Santo Domingo

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3000 BCE – still standing

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3000 BCE – still standing

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1965 CE and 1965 CE.

1965 CE Second Kashmir War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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