Banana Wars

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historical event series of military interventions

The Banana Wars were a series of early 20th-century U.S. military interventions and occupations in Central America and the Caribbean, driven largely by strategic and economic interests.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Banana Wars canonical 12
Nicaraguan Campaign 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
series of military interventions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
surface form: U.S. interventions in Central America and the Caribbean
appliesToJurisdiction United States foreign policy ⓘ
conflictType intervention ⓘ
occupation ⓘ
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource Latin American historiography ⓘ
U.S. Marine Corps historical accounts ⓘ
endTime 1934 ⓘ
hasCause Monroe Doctrine enforcement ⓘ
Monroe Doctrine ⓘ
surface form: Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

U.S. economic interests in the region ⓘ
concern over European intervention in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ
political instability in Central America and the Caribbean ⓘ
protection of American investments ⓘ
strategic control of Caribbean sea lanes ⓘ
hasEffect development of U.S. Marine Corps small wars doctrine ⓘ
growth of anti-American sentiment in Latin America ⓘ
installation of U.S.-friendly governments ⓘ
long-term U.S. military presence in the region ⓘ
resistance movements in occupied countries ⓘ
strengthening of U.S. corporate influence ⓘ
hasPart United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
surface form: United States intervention in Cuba

United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
surface form: United States intervention in Honduras

Operation Just Cause ⓘ
surface form: United States intervention in Panama

United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
surface form: United States occupation of Haiti

United States occupation of Nicaragua ⓘ
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
location Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
mainParticipant United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
mainSubject American business interests in bananas ⓘ
U.S. imperialism ⓘ
United Fruit Company ⓘ
partOf history of Central America ⓘ
history of United States foreign interventions ⓘ
history of the Caribbean ⓘ
startTime 1898 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

7th Marine Regiment → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
6th Marines → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
Lewis B. Puller → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
Lewis B. Puller → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicaraguan Campaign
John A. Lejeune → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
M1903 Springfield rifle → usedInConflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
United States interventions in Latin America → includesEvent → Banana Wars ⓘ
Roy Geiger → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
United States occupation of Nicaragua → partOf → Banana Wars ⓘ
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic → partOf → Banana Wars ⓘ
Puller → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller
Chesty → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Chesty Puller
Chesty → conflict → Banana Wars ⓘ
subject surface form: Chesty Puller
this entity surface form: Nicaraguan Campaign
Haitian Campaign → partOf → Banana Wars ⓘ