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  2. Operation Pelikan - Wikipedia

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    Operation Pelikan (German: Unternehmen Pelikan), also known as Projekt 14, was a German plan for crippling the Panama Canal during World War II.In mid-late 1943 the Wehrmacht had completed preparations to haul two Ju 87 Stukas with folding wings on two U-boats to an unnamed Colombian island near the coast of Panama, reassemble the planes, arm them with "special bombs", and then send them to ...

  3. United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia

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    Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.

  4. United States involvement in regime change in Latin America

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    In 1912, during the Banana Wars period, the U.S. occupied Nicaragua as a means of protecting American business interests and protecting the rights that Nicaragua granted to the United States to construct a canal there. [57] At the same time, the United States and Mexican governments competed for political influence in Central America.

  5. Battle of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    United States military aircraft production depended upon bauxite imported from the Guianas along shipping routes paralleling the Lesser Antilles. The United States defended the Panama Canal with 189 bombers and 202 fighters, and based submarines at Colón, Panama and at Submarine Base, Crown Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

  6. Panama Conference - Wikipedia

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    The Panama Conference was a meeting of the foreign ministers ... The Western Hemisphere; its influence on United States policies to the end of World War II. Austin ...

  7. Panama Sea Frontier - Wikipedia

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    The light cruiser USS Concord off Balboa, Panama, on January 6, 1943. The Panama Sea Frontier was a U.S. Navy command responsible during and shortly after World War II for the defense of the Pacific and Atlantic sea approaches to the Panama Canal and naval shore facilities in the Central America region.

  8. Foreign interventions by the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States government has been involved in numerous interventions in foreign countries throughout its history. The U.S. has engaged in nearly 400 military interventions between 1776 and 2023, with half of these operations occurring since 1950 and over 25% occurring in the post-Cold War period. [1]

  9. Latin America–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The Panama Canal Zone, which was established on shaky legal grounds, [44] bisected Panama and led to incidents such as Martyrs' Day and the United States invasion of Panama. Roosevelt was able to reverse a previous decision by the Walker Commission in favour of a Nicaragua Canal and pushed through the acquisition of the French Panama Canal effort.