Willie Martin
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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 7:26 am Post subject: American Wars and Military Actions - 17 |
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Post World War II, the United States has also assisted in
over 20 different coups throughout the world, and the CIA
was responsible for half a dozen assassinations of political
heads of state. The following is a comprehensive summary of
the imperialist strategy of the United States over the span
of the past century:
Argentina - 1890 - Troops sent to Buenos Aires to protect
business interests. Jewish business interests that is.
Chile - 1891 - Marines sent to Chile and clashed with
nationalist rebels.
Haiti - 1891 - American troops suppress a revolt by Black
workers on United States-claimed Navassa Island.
Hawaii - 1893 - Navy sent to Hawaii to overthrow the
independent kingdom - Hawaii annexed by the United States.
Nicaragua - 1894 - Troops occupied Bluefield's, a city on
the Caribbean Sea, for a month.
China - 1894-95 - Navy, Army, and Marines landed during the
Sino-Japanese War.
Korea - 1894-96 - Troops kept in Seoul during the war.
Panama - 1895 - Army, Navy, and Marines landed in the port
city of Corinto.
China - 1894-1900 - Troops occupied China during the Boxer
Rebellion.
Philippines - 1898-1910 - Navy and Army troops landed after
the Philippines fell during the Spanish-American War;
600,000 Filipinos were killed.
Cuba - 1898-1902 - Troops seized Cuba in the
Spanish-American War; the United States still maintains
troops at Guantanamo Bay today.
Puerto Rico - 1898 - present - Troops seized Puerto Rico in
the
Spanish-American War and still occupy Puerto Rico today.
Nicaragua - 1898 - Marines landed at the port of San Juan
del Sur.
Samoa - 1899 - Troops landed as a result over the battle
for succession to the throne.
Panama - 1901-14 - Navy supported the revolution when
Panama claimed independence from Colombia. American troops
have occupied the Canal Zone since 1901 when construction
for the canal began.
Honduras - 1903 - Marines landed to intervene during a
revolution.
Dominican Rep 1903-04 - Troops landed to protect American
interests during a revolution.
Korea - 1904-05 - Marines landed during the Russo-Japanese
War.
Cuba - 1906-09 - Troops landed during an election.
Nicaragua - 1907 - Troops landed and a protectorate was set
up.
Honduras - 1907 - Marines landed during Honduras' war with
Nicaragua.
Panama - 1908 - Marines sent in during Panama's election.
Nicaragua - 1910 - Marines landed for a second time in
Bluefields and Corinto.
Honduras - 1911 - Troops sent in to protect American
interests during Honduras' civil war.
China - 1911-41 - Navy and troops sent to China during
continuous flare-ups.
Cuba - 1912 - Troops sent in to protect American interests
in Havana.
Panama - 1912 - Marines landed during Panama's election.
Honduras - 1912 - Troops sent in to protect American
interests.
Nicaragua - 1912-33 - Troops occupied Nicaragua and fought
guerrillas during its 20-year civil war.
Mexico - 1913 - Navy evacuated Americans during revolution.
Dominican Rep 1914 - Navy fought with rebels over Santo
Domingo.
Mexico - 1914-18 - Navy and troops sent in to intervene
against nationalists.
Haiti - 1914-34 - Troops occupied Haiti after a revolution
and occupied Haiti for 19 years.
Dominican Rep 1916-24 - Marines occupied the Dominican
Republic for eight years.
Cuba - 1917-33 - Troops landed and occupied Cuba for 16
years; Cuba became an economic protectorate.
World War I - 1917-18 - Navy and Army sent to Europe to
fight the Axis powers.
Russia - 1918-22 - Navy and troops sent to eastern Russia
after the Bolshevik Revolution; Army made five landings.
Honduras - 1919 - Marines sent during Honduras' national
elections.
Guatemala - 1920 - Troops occupied Guatemala for two weeks
during a union strike.
Turkey - 1922 - Troops fought nationalists in Smyrna.
China - 1922-27 - Navy and Army troops deployed during a
nationalist revolt.
Honduras - 1924-25 - Troops landed twice during a national
election.
Panama - 1925 - Troops sent in to put down a general
strike.
China - 1927-34 - Marines sent in and stationed for seven
years throughout
China.
El Salvador - 1932 - Naval warships deployed during the
FMLN revolt under Marti.
World War II - 1941-45 - Military fought the Axis powers:
Japan, Germany, and Italy.
Yugoslavia - 1946 - Navy deployed off the coast of
Yugoslavia in response to the downing of an American plane.
Uruguay - 1947 - Bombers deployed as a show of military
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