Operation Uphold Democracy

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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.
Date 19 September 1994 – 31 March 1995 (6 months, 1 week and 5 days) Location Haiti Result US-led coalition victory; Military regime removed, Raoul Cédras deposed, Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn back into to office.
Belligerents
United States Haitian Opposition  Poland  Argentina  CARICOM  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Guyana  Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago	Haiti
Commanders and leaders
Bill Clinton George A. Fisher Jr. Sławomir Petelicki Enrique Molina Pico [es; pt] Jean-Bertrand Aristide Marc Bazin Émile Jonassaint	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.