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Banana Wars

Banana Wars
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The Banana Wars were a series of conflicts that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the end of the Spanish–American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor policy in 1934.

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Timeline

  1. Battle of SaragarhiSeptember 12, 1897
  2. Banana Wars (this page)1898–1934
  3. Battle of OmdurmanSeptember 2, 1898
  4. Spanish–American WarApril 25, 1898 – August 11, 1898
  5. Philippine–American WarFebruary 4, 1899 – July 2, 1902
  6. Second Boer WarOctober 11, 1899 – May 31, 1902

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