Banana Wars

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:cause U.S. economic interests
protection of American companies
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Mexican_Revolution
gptkb:military_operation
gptkb:Cuban_War_of_Independence
gptkb:Dominican_Civil_War
gptkb:Haitian_Revolution
gptkb:Nicaraguan_Civil_War
occupation
intervention
gptkbp:endDate 1934
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Banana Wars
gptkbp:location gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:Central_America
gptkb:Mexico
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:John_A._Lejeune
Chesty Puller
Smedley Butler
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:Cuyamel_Fruit_Company
gptkb:Standard_Fruit_Company
gptkb:United_Fruit_Company
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Occupation_of_Veracruz
gptkb:Occupation_of_Cuba
gptkb:Occupation_of_Haiti
gptkb:Occupation_of_Nicaragua
gptkb:Occupation_of_Panama
gptkb:Occupation_of_the_Dominican_Republic
Honduran interventions
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Jean_Vilbrun_Guillaume_Sam
gptkb:Augusto_César_Sandino
gptkb:John_A._Lejeune
gptkb:Rafael_Trujillo
gptkb:Fulgencio_Batista
gptkb:Miguel_Ángel_Asturias
gptkb:José_Santos_Zelaya
Chesty Puller
Smedley Butler
gptkbp:opposedBy local nationalist forces
rebel groups
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Dominican_Republic
gptkb:Guatemala
gptkb:Haiti
gptkb:Honduras
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Nicaragua
gptkb:Panama
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_Fruit_Company
gptkb:Monroe_Doctrine
gptkb:Gunboat_diplomacy
gptkb:Roosevelt_Corollary
gptkbp:result local resistance movements
U.S. military occupation of several countries
increased U.S. influence in the region
gptkbp:startDate 1898
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._occupation_of_Haiti
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5