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Santo Domingo Affair

1904 CE · Second Republic, North America · War

Santo Domingo Affair
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The Santo Domingo Affair, or the Santo Domingo Crisis, refers to an incident from 1 February 1904 to 11 February 1904 involving the United States and Dominican militia forces in the Dominican Republic. After the death of a seaman from the USS Yankee on February 1, the U. S. military launched a punitive expedition which routed the Dominican forces.

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