U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965)

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Cold War event United States military operation foreign intervention in civil war military intervention

U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) was a Cold War-era U.S. military operation that deployed thousands of troops to the Dominican Republic to influence the outcome of a civil war and prevent what Washington feared could become a communist takeover.

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Label Occurrences
United States military intervention in the Dominican Republic 2
1965 United States intervention in the Dominican Republic 1
U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
United States military operation ⓘ
foreign intervention in civil war ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Power Pack ⓘ
authorizedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
casualties dozens of U.S. military personnel killed or wounded ⓘ
hundreds of Dominican civilians killed ⓘ
conflict Dominican Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdForce Organization of American States peacekeeping force ⓘ
surface form: Inter-American Peace Force
criticizedFor excessive use of force in urban areas ⓘ
interference in internal political process ⓘ
violation of Dominican sovereignty ⓘ
endDate 1966-09-21 ⓘ
goal influence outcome of Dominican Civil War ⓘ
prevent perceived communist takeover ⓘ
protect U.S. citizens and other foreign nationals ⓘ
internationalResponse Organization of American States involvement ⓘ
justification containment of communism ⓘ
protection of American lives and property ⓘ
legalBasisClaimed collective security under the OAS ⓘ
location Dominican Republic ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved United States Air Force ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Air Force

United States Army ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army

United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Marine Corps

United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy
notableBattlefield Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
numberOfTroops approximately 22,000 U.S. military personnel at peak ⓘ
over 20,000 U.S. troops ⓘ
opposedSide constitutionalist forces seeking return of Juan Bosch ⓘ
participatingCountry Brazil ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
surface form: United States involvement in Latin America
precededBy 1963 Dominican coup d’état ⓘ
surface form: Dominican coup d’état of 1963
regionalContext Caribbean ⓘ
relatedTo Cuban Revolution ⓘ
U.S. containment policy ⓘ
result defeat of constitutionalist forces ⓘ
election of Joaquín Balaguer ⓘ
establishment of a conservative, U.S.-aligned government ⓘ
startDate 1965-04-28 ⓘ
supportedSide loyalist forces opposed to constitutionalist rebels ⓘ
typeOfOperation amphibious landing ⓘ
urban combat operation ⓘ
U.S.President Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Power Pack → alsoKnownAs → U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) ⓘ
Constitutionalist faction → opposedBy → U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military intervention in the Dominican Republic
1963 Dominican coup d’état → followedBy → U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1965 United States intervention in the Dominican Republic
April Revolution → followedBy → U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) ⓘ
subject surface form: April Revolution (Dominican Republic)
this entity surface form: U.S. military intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965)
Francisco Alberto Caamaño → opposedBy → U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military intervention in the Dominican Republic