✦ History

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.

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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
United States occupation of Haiti American victory Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Stenio Vincent

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

Chile 2

Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra military commander Carlos Morales Languasco military commander