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One of the interesting footnotes Ive recently found was that back in 1947, Cuba and the Dominican Republic almost went to war with each other.
Basically, exiles from the Dominican Republic were planning to launch an invasion to topple Trujillo, and obtained support from Venezuela, Haiti, Guatemala, and especially Cuba (and also a ton of Spanish Civil War + WW2 veterans). They got funding, planes, arms, and troops and were hosted in Cuba where they spent training. Over 1000 armed men were at hand by 1947 when the invasion was supposed to be launched (The Dominican army at this time was about I believe 3-5,000 men). Incidentally, a young 21 year old Fidel Castro was involved in this.
Now the plan was foiled because Trujillos moles in Washington found it out and he knew the invasion route and the plan got shelved before anything happened. But he straight up threatened to bomb Havana if the invasion landed.
Suppose it did land there then. Either the invasion route is changed, or no information leaks out. Invasion happens (don't know about likelihood of success), and Trujillo makes good on his threat. Now we have a major dipomatic crisis in the Caribbean that involves at least 5 countries.
What happens next?
Basically, exiles from the Dominican Republic were planning to launch an invasion to topple Trujillo, and obtained support from Venezuela, Haiti, Guatemala, and especially Cuba (and also a ton of Spanish Civil War + WW2 veterans). They got funding, planes, arms, and troops and were hosted in Cuba where they spent training. Over 1000 armed men were at hand by 1947 when the invasion was supposed to be launched (The Dominican army at this time was about I believe 3-5,000 men). Incidentally, a young 21 year old Fidel Castro was involved in this.
Now the plan was foiled because Trujillos moles in Washington found it out and he knew the invasion route and the plan got shelved before anything happened. But he straight up threatened to bomb Havana if the invasion landed.
Suppose it did land there then. Either the invasion route is changed, or no information leaks out. Invasion happens (don't know about likelihood of success), and Trujillo makes good on his threat. Now we have a major dipomatic crisis in the Caribbean that involves at least 5 countries.
What happens next?