✦ History

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)

April 28, 1965 – September 1966

Result Loyalist victory

US troops landed in the Dominican Republic during a civil war between supporters of ousted President Juan Bosch and the military. They were later joined by other American states' forces, and the occupation ended after elections.

Contemporaries

Dominican National Police

Dominican Revolutionary Party

United States
Brazil
Paraguay
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Honduras
Dominican Republic
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Lyndon B. Johnson belligerent leader Robert McNamara military commander Antonio Imbert Barrera military commander Bruce Palmer Jr. military commander Rathvon M. Tompkins military commander Elías Wessin y Wessin military commander
Juan Bosch military commander José Rafael Molina Ureña military commander Francisco Caamaño military commander

Strength and losses

United States Strength 6,924 · Deaths 47

Units

Brazilian Army United States Army XVIII Airborne Corps United States Army Special Forces 504th Infantry Regiment United States Air Force

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