List of wars involving the Dominican Republic

This is a list of wars involving the Dominican Republic.

List

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Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
1 January 1586 Battle of Santo Domingo (1586) Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) Habsburg Spain Kingdom of England English victory
23-30 April 1655 Siege of Santo Domingo (1655) Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) (Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)) [Thirty Years' War] Habsburg Spain Commonwealth of England Spanish victory
29 March 1660 Battle of Santiago (1660) Franco-Dominican War Captaincy General of Santo Domingo France French victory
21 January 1691 Battle of Sabana Real Nine Years' War Captaincy General of Santo Domingo France Spanish victory
19 April 1782 Battle of the Mona Passage American Revolutionary War Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of France British victory
17-18 October 1782 Action of 18 October 1782 American Revolutionary War Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of France British victory
11 May 1800 Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor Quasi-War (French Revolutionary Wars) United States French First Republic & Kingdom of Spain \(1700–1808\) American victory
February–April 1805 Siege of Santo Domingo (1805) Franco–Haitian War First French Empire Haiti French victory
7 November 1808 Battle of Palo Hincado Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo (Napoleonic Wars) Captaincy General of Santo Domingo First French Empire Dominican-Spanish victory
7 November 1808 – 11 July 1809 Siege of Santo Domingo (1808) Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo (Napoleonic Wars) Captaincy General of Santo Domingo First French Empire Dominican-Spanish victory
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Casualties
Dominican War of Independence
(18441856)
Dominican Republic Republic of Haiti (1844–1849)
Second Empire of Haiti (1854–1856)
Dominican victory
unknown
Dominican Restoration War
(18631865)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Spain Kingdom of Spain Dominican victory
4,000 dead[1]
Six Years' War
(18681874)

Dominican Conservatives

Dominican Liberals Liberal victory
unknown
First Dominican Civil War
(19111912)
Dominican Republic Dominican Government

Dominican rebels
Supported by:

Rebel victory
over 3,000 dead
Second Dominican Civil War
(1914)
Dominican Republic Dominican Government

Supported by:

Dominican rebels Ceasefire agreement signed
unknown
United States occupation
of the Dominican Republic

(19161924)
Dominican Republic United States Defeat
  • Dominican Republic occupied
1,137 killed or wounded[3]
World War II
(19411945)

Allies
United States
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
China
France
Poland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
Brazil
Mexico
Panama
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
Cuba

Axis
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Hungary
 Romania
 Bulgaria
Croatia
Slovakia
 Finland
 Thailand
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang

Allied victory
27 killed[4]
Third Dominican Civil War
(1965)
Loyalist faction
United States

Constitutionalist faction

Loyalist victory
  • Ceasefire declared
  • Formation of the provisional government for new elections
  • Deposition of Juan Bosch of the presidency ratified
  • Organization of presidential elections in 1966 under international supervision
  • Election of Joaquín Balaguer as the new president
  • Establishment of the Fourth Dominican Republic on July 1, 1966
300 KIA[6]
Iraq War
(20032004)
Invasion (2003)
Coalition of the willing Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region Iraqi National Congress

Dominican Republic


After invasion (2003–2004)
 Iraq
 United States
 United Kingdom
MNF–I (2004–09)
 Kurdistan Region
Awakening Council
Dominican Republic

Invasion (2003)
Ba'athist Iraq Republic of Iraq


After invasion (2003–11)
Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Islamic Army in Iraq
Islamic State of Iraq
Mahdi Army
Ba'athist Iraq Naqshbandi Army
Hamas of Iraq
Jaysh al-Mujahideen
1920 Revolution Brigades
Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna

See § Aftermath
None[11]

List of battles during Dominican War of Independence

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Date Name 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
13-18 March 1844 Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías Dominican Republic Haiti Tactical Haitian victory

Strategic Dominican victory

19 March 1844 Battle of Azua Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
30 March 1844 Battle of Santiago (1844) Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
13 April 1844 Battle of El Memiso Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
15 April 1844 Battle of Tortuguero Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
17 September 1845 Battle of Estrelleta Dominican Republic Haiti Decisive Dominican victory
27 November 1845 Battle of Beler Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
17 April 1849 Battle of El Número Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
21-22 April 1849 Battle of Las Carreras Dominican Republic Haiti Decisive Dominican victory
22 December 1855 Battle of Santomé Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
Battle of Cambronal Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
24 January 1856 Battle of Sabana Larga Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory

List of battles during Dominican Restoration War

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Date Name 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
19 August 1863 Battle of Guayubín Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Dominican victory
22 August 1863 Battle of Guayacanes (1863) Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Dominican victory
6-13 September 1863 Battle of Santiago (1863) Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Dominican victory
23 September 1863 Battle of Arroyo Bermejo Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Dominican victory
1 October 1863 Battle of Jura Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Spanish victory
23 January 1864 Battle of Sabana de San Pedro Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Spanish victory
24 March 1864 Battle of Paso del Muerto Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Spanish victory
4 May 1864 Battle of Sabana Burro Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Dominican victory
15 May 1864 Battle of Monte Cristi Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Spanish victory
4 December 1864 Battle of La Canela Dominican Republic Spanish Empire Dominican victory

List of battles during Banana Wars

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Date Name 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
1 February 1904 - 11 February 1904 Santo Domingo Affair Dominican Republic United States U.S. victory
1 June 1916 Battle of Puerto Plata Dominican Republic United States U.S. victory
27 June 1916 Battle of Las Trencheras Dominican Republic United States U.S. victory
29 November 1916 Battle of San Francisco de Macoris Dominican Republic United States U.S. victory

See also

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References

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  1. Clodfelter, Micheal (24 April 2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015, 4th ed. ISBN 9781476625850.
  2. "History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America".
  3. Fuller, Stephen M.; Cosmas, Graham A. (1974). "Marines in the Dominican Republic (1916-1924)" (PDF). US Marine Corps History and Museums Division.
  4. See World War II by country
  5. Lawrence Yates (July 1988). "Power Pack: U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic 1965–1966" (PDF). Lawrence Papers. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  6. From Immigrant To U.S. Marine. 22 February 2007. ISBN 9781467816601.
  7. Graham, Bradley (7 April 2003). "U.S. Airlifts Iraqi Exile Force For Duties Near Nasiriyah". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  8. "Deploying the Free Iraqi Forces – U.S. News & World Report". Usnews.com. 7 April 2003. Archived from the original on 4 February 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  9. [7][8]
  10. Ephraim Kahana; Muhammad Suwaed (2009). The A to Z of Middle Eastern Intelligence. Scarecrow Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8108-7070-3.
  11. See 2004 withdrawals