Operation Uphold Democracy

Operation Uphold Democracy

Soldiers of C Company, 2nd Battalion 22nd Infantry, 10th Mountain Division securing Port-au-Prince Airport on the first day of Operation Uphold Democracy.
Date19 September 1994 – 31 March 1995
(6 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location
Result US-led coalition victory; Military regime removed.
Belligerents
 United States
 Poland
 Argentina
 CARICOM
 Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Bill Clinton
George A. Fisher Jr.
Sławomir Petelicki
Enrique Molina Pico
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Raoul Cédras
Michel François
Émile Jonassaint
Robert Malval
Strength
25,000 total troops Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 1 wounded 301 killed

Operation Uphold Democracy was a multinational military intervention designed to remove the military regime led and installed by Raoul Cédras after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940.


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