List of wars involving the Dominican Republic

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This is a list of wars involving the Dominican Republic .

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ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsCasualties
Dominican War of Independence
(18441856)
Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg  Dominican Republic Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Victory
  • Expulsion of Haitian government
  • Dominican independence
unknown
Dominican Restoration War
(18631865)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain Victory
  • Restoration of Dominican sovereignty
  • Withdrawal of Spanish forces
4,000 dead [1]
Six Years' War
(18681874)
Single Color Flag - BF0000.svg Dominican Conservatives Single Color Flag - 0434B1.svg Dominican Liberals Liberal Victory
unknown
First Dominican Civil War
(19111912)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Government Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Rebels
Supported by:
Rebel Victory
over 3,000 dead
Second Dominican Civil War
(1914)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Government
Supported by:
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Rebels Government Victory
unknown
United States occupation
of the Dominican Republic

(19161924)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Defeat
  • Dominican Republic occupied
1,137 killed or wounded [2]
World War II
(19411945)
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Flag of Honduras (1898-1949).svg  Honduras
Flag of Nicaragua (1908-1971).svg  Nicaragua
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Manchukuo.svg  Manchukuo
Flag of the Mengjiang.svg  Mengjiang
Victory
27 killed [3]
Third Dominican Civil War
(19651966)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Loyalists
Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg  United States
Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil
Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Constitutionalists Victory
300 KIA [4]
Iraq War
(20032004)
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg Ba'ath Loyalists
Flag of The Islamic State of Iraq.jpg ISI
Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg al-Qaeda in Iraq
Flag of Jihad.svg Mahdi Army
Flag of Jihad.svg Special Groups
Flag of Jihad.svg IAI
Flag of Jihad.svg Ansar al-Sunnah

Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Ba'athist Iraq

Victory
None [5]

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References

  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. Fuller, Stephen M.; Cosmas, Graham A. (1974). "Marines in the Dominican Republic (1916-1924)" (PDF). US Marine Corps History and Museums Division.
  3. See World War II by country
  4. From Immigrant To U.S. Marine. 22 February 2007. ISBN   9781467816601.
  5. See 2004 withdrawals