The Banana Wars - Cuba

This episode reviews the Marines in Cuba. This operation was a massive undertaking for the Marine Corps. At the height of the Cuban Intervention, about a third of all Marines were on the island. Towards the end of the episode, we discuss the end of the Platt Amendment, the reason we were in Cuba in the first place, and start looking at problems in Nicaragua.

USMC Detachments Post-Army.png

Thanks to Audible, we can give you a free audiobook! I have included my book recommendation at the end of each episode, but don’t feel obligated to select my suggestion. This offer is available to any of the tens of thousands of audiobooks offered by Audible. Regardless if you decide to continue your membership with audible, this book is yours to keep forever.

References:

  • Butler, S. D. (2021). War Is a Racket (1st ed.). Round Table Press.

  • Ellsworth, H. A. (2014). One Hundred Eighty Landings of United States Marines, 1800–1934. Createspace Independent Pub.

  • Executive Order No. 969, Defining the Duties of the United States Marine Corps, 12 November 1908.

  • Executive Order No. 989, Marine Corps Officers’ Physical Fitness, 9 December 1908.

  • Goldsborough, C. W. (1824). The United States Naval Chronicle. Washington: James Wilson.

  • Logsheet of Historic Marine Corps Dates, Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

  • Knox, D. W. (1936). A History of the United States Navy. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

  • Maclay, E. S. (2018). A History of American Privateers. Franklin Classics.

  • N. (2021). THE USMC SMALL WARS MANUAL 1940. Nafziger.

  • Nalty, B. C. (2013). The United States Marines In The War with Spain. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

  • Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Cuba Embodying the Provisions Defining Their Future Relations as Contained in the Act of Congress Approved March 2, 1901, signed 05/22/1903; General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006, RG 11, National Archives.

  • U.S. Department of State. Right to Protect Citizens in Foreign Countries by Landing Forces, Memorandum of the Solicitor, 5 October 1912, Third Revised Edition with Supplemental Appendix up to 1933. Washington, 1934.