One Hundred Years of US Intervention
by Zoltan Grossman

                                         

SOUTH DAKOTA

1890 (-?)

Troops

300 Lakota Indians massacred at Wounded Knee.

ARGENTINA

1890

Troops

Buenos Aires interests protected.

CHILE

1891

Troops

Marines clash with nationalist rebels.

HAITI

1891

Troops

Black revolt on Navassa defeated.

IDAHO

1892

Troops

Army suppresses silver miners' strike.

HAWAII

1893 (-?)

Naval, troops

Independent kingdom overthrown, annexed.

CHICAGO

1894

Troops

Breaking of rail strike, 34 killed.

NICARAGUA

1894

Troops

Month-long occupation of Bluefields.

CHINA

1894-95

Naval, troops

Marines land in Sino-Japanese War

KOREA

1894-96

Troops

Marines kept in Seoul during war.

PANAMA

1895

Troops, naval

Marines land in Colombian province.

NICARAGUA

1896

Troops

Marines land in port of Corinto.

CHINA

1898-1900

Troops

Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies.

PHILIPPINES

1898-1910 (-?)

Naval, troops

Seized from Spain, killed 600,000 Filipinos

CUBA

1898-1902 (-?)

Naval, troops

Seized from Spain, still hold Navy base.

PUERTO RICO

1898 (-?)

Naval, troops

Seized from Spain, occupation continues.

GUAM

1898 (-?)

Naval, troops

Seized from Spain, still use as base.

MINNESOTA

1898 (-?)

Troops

Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake.

NICARAGUA

1898

Troops

Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur.

SAMOA

1899 (-?)

Troops

Battle over succession to throne.

NICARAGUA

1899

Troops

Marines land at port of Bluefields.

IDAHO

1899-1901

Troops

Army occupies Coeur d'Alene mining region.

OKLAHOMA

1901

Troops

Army battles Creek Indian revolt.

PANAMA

1901-14

Naval, troops

Broke off from Colombia 1903, annexed Canal Zone 1914.

HONDURAS

1903

Troops

Marines intervene in revolution.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

1903-04

Troops

U.S. interests protected in Revolution.

KOREA

1904-05

Troops

Marines land in Russo-Japanese War.

CUBA

1906-09

Troops

Marines land in democratic election.

NICARAGUA

1907

Troops

"Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up.

HONDURAS

1907

Troops

Marines land during war with Nicaragua

PANAMA

1908

Troops

Marines intervene in election contest.

NICARAGUA

1910

Troops

Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto.

HONDURAS

1911

Troops

U.S. interests protected in civil war.

CHINA

1911-41

Naval, troops

Continuous occupation with flare-ups.

CUBA

1912

Troops

U.S. interests protected in civil war.

PANAMA

1912

Troops

Marines land during heated election.

HONDURAS

1912

Troops

Marines protect U.S. economic interests.

NICARAGUA

1912-33

Troops, bombing

10-year occupation, fought guerillas

MEXICO

1913

Naval

Americans evacuated during revolution.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

1914

Naval

Fight with rebels over Santo Domingo.

COLORADO

1914

Troops

Breaking of miners' strike by Army.

MEXICO

1914-18

Naval, troops

Series of interventions against nationalists.

HAITI

1914-34

Troops, bombing

19-year occupation after revolts.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

1916-24

Troops

8-year Marine occupation.

CUBA

1917-33

Troops

Military occupation, economic protectorate.

WORLD WAR I

1917-18

naval, troops

Ships sunk, fought Germany for 1 1/2 years.

RUSSIA

1918-22

Naval, troops

Five landings to fight Bolsheviks

PANAMA

1918-20

Troops

"Police duty" during unrest after elections.

HONDURAS

1919

Troops

Marines land during election campaign.

YUGOSLAVIA

1919

Troops/Marines

intervene for Italy against Serbs in Dalmatia.

GUATEMALA

1920

Troops

2-week intervention against unionists.

WEST VIRGINIA

1920-21

Troops, bombing

Army intervenes against mineworkers.

TURKEY

1922

Troops

Fought nationalists in Smyrna.

CHINA

1922-27

Naval, troops

Deployment during nationalist revolt.

HONDURAS

1924-25

Troops

Landed twice during election strife.

PANAMA

1925

Troops

Marines suppress general strike.

CHINA

1927-34

Troops

Marines stationed throughout the country.

EL SALVADOR

1932

Naval

Warships send during Marti revolt.

WASHINGTON DC

1932

Troops

Army stops WWI vet bonus protest.

WORLD WAR II

1941-45

Naval, troops, bombing, nuclear

Hawaii bombed, fought Japan, Italy and Germany for 3 years; first nuclear war.

DETROIT

1943

Troops

Army put down Black rebellion.

IRAN

1946

Nuclear threat

Soviet troops told to leave north.

YUGOSLAVIA

1946

Nuclear threat, naval

Response to shoot-down of US plane.

URUGUAY

1947

Nuclear threat

Bombers deployed as show of strength.

GREECE

1947-49

Command operation

U.S. directs extreme-right in civil war.

GERMANY

1948

Nuclear Threat

Atomic-capable bombers guard Berlin Airlift.

CHINA

1948-49

Troops/Marines

evacuate Americans before Communist victory.

PHILIPPINES

1948-54

Command operation

CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion.

PUERTO RICO

1950

Command operation

Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce.

KOREA

1951-53 (-?)

Troops, naval, bombing , nuclear threats

U.S./So. Korea fights China/No. Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat in 1950, and against China in 1953. Still have bases.

IRAN

1953

Command Operation

CIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah.

VIETNAM

1954

Nuclear threat

French offered bombs to use against seige.

GUATEMALA

1954

Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat

CIA directs exile invasion after new gov't nationalized U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.

EGYPT

1956

Nuclear threat, troops

Soviets told to keep out of Suez crisis; Marines evacuate foreigners.

LEBANON

l958

Troops, naval

Marine occupation against rebels.

IRAQ

1958

Nuclear threat

Iraq warned against invading Kuwait.

CHINA

l958

Nuclear threat

China told not to move on Taiwan isles.

PANAMA

1958

Troops

Flag protests erupt into confrontation.

VIETNAM

l960-75

Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats

Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; one million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in l968 and l969.

LAOS

1962

Command operation

Military build-up during guerrilla war.

CUBA

l961

Command operation

CIA-directed exile invasion fails.

GERMANY

l961

Nuclear threat

Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.

CUBA

l962

Nuclear threat, naval

Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union.

PANAMA

l964

Troops

Panamanians shot for urging canal's return.

INDONESIA