Banana Wars
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Actions involving the United States in Central America and the Caribbean
Key facts
- Objective
- To enforce American and private interests in Central America and the Caribbean
- Date
- August 13, 1898 – August 1, 1934, (35 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
- Executed by
- United States
- Outcome
- Santo Domingo Affair Border War Negro Rebellion Occupation of Nicaragua Occupation of Haiti Occupation of the Dominican Republic First Honduran Civil War Second Honduran Civil War Sugar Intervention
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- Image
- Occupation of Haiti.jpg
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- start time
- 1898-00-00
- end time
- 1934-00-00
- Commons category
- Banana Wars
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The Banana Wars (Spanish: Guerras bananeras, Haitian Creole: Lagè Bannann) were a series of conflicts that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the end of the Spanish–American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor policy in 1934. The military interventions were primarily carried out by the United States Marine Corps, which developed a manual, the Small Wars Manual (1921), based on their experiences. On occasion, the United States Navy provided gunfire support, and the United States Army also deployed troops.
With the Treaty of Paris signed in 1898, control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines fell to the United States (surrendered from Spain). The United States conducted military interventions in Cuba, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. These conflicts ended when the U.S. withdrew from Haiti in 1934 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.