BELLIGERENT // 3 wars
Dominican Republic
Wikidata · Q786
Active span
1844 – 2011
Profile
The Dominican Republic is an island country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest country by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and the second most populous country after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.
Where they fought
12 of 16 plotted
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When they fought
16 battles · 3 wars
Most active in 2003 — 4 catalogued battles.
Battles
16 engagements
March 19, 1844
Battle of Azua
War of Dominican Independence
March 30, 1844
Battle of Santiago (1844)
War of Dominican Independence
April 15, 1844
Battle of Tortuguero
War of Dominican Independence
April 21, 1849
Battle of Las Carreras
War of Dominican Independence
January 24, 1856
Battle of Sabana Larga
War of Dominican Independence
May 16, 1864
Battle of Monte Cristi
Dominican Restoration War
March 20, 2003
2003 invasion of Iraq
Iraq War
March 20, 2003
Anbar campaign (2003–2011)
Iraq War
Apr 2003
Baghdad Drive
Iraq War
December 13, 2003
Operation Red Dawn
Iraq War
October 1, 2004
Battle of Samarra
Iraq War
April 4, 2004
First Battle of Fallujah
Iraq War
Aug 2004
Najaf
Iraq War
Nov–Dec 2004
Second Fallujah
Iraq War
2007
Surge Security Operations
Iraq War
March 25, 2008
Battle of Basra
Iraq War
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