Banana Wars
1898 – 1934
The United States sent troops many times to Central America and the Caribbean to protect its political and business interests. Long occupations of Nicaragua, Haiti and the Dominican Republic ended with the Good Neighbor policy.
Battles and events 5
February 1–11, 1904
Santo Domingo Affair
American victory
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Caribbean Sea
Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra, Richard Wainwright, Carlos Morales Languasco
1912
War of 1912
Cuba
1912 – 1933
United States occupation of Nicaragua
US military victory; Liberal political victory
Nicaragua
William Henry Hudson Southerland, William P. Biddle
April 1914 – November 1914
Battle of Veracruz (1914)
Veracruz
July 28, 1915 – August 1, 1934
Key commanders
United States 9
Woodrow Wilson
belligerent leader
Herbert Hoover
belligerent leader
Stenio Vincent
belligerent leader
Louis Borno
belligerent leader
Louis Eugene Roy
belligerent leader
Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave
belligerent leader
William Henry Hudson Southerland
military commander
William P. Biddle
military commander
Richard Wainwright
military commander

