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Belligerents Loyalist faction Dominican National PoliceDominican ArmyDominican Air ForceDominican NavyUnited StatesIAPFBrazilParaguayNicaraguaCosta RicaEl SalvadorHonduras Constitutionalist faction Dominican Revolutionary PartyDominican Communist PartyCommanders and leadersElías Wessin y WessinAntonio Imbert BarreraLyndon B. JohnsonRobert McNamaraBruce PalmerRobert H. YorkRathvon M. TompkinsOrmond R. SimpsonJuan BoschFrancisco CaamañoJosé Rafael Molina UreñaStrengthLoyalists:2,200 regulars12 AMX-13 light tanks24 L-60 light tanks13 Lynx armoured cars1 frigate4+ fightersUnited States:6,924 Marines (supported by M48 Patton main battle tanks)12,434 82nd Airborne paratroopersConstitutionalists:1,500 regulars5,000 armed civilians5+ light tanksCasualties and lossesDominican Republic: 500 regulars killed325 police killed5 light tanks captured2 P-51 Mustang fighters shot downUnited States: 47 dead (including 9 Marines and 18 paratroopers killed)283 wounded or injured1 M50 Ontos damagedIAPF: 11 wounded 600 regulars killedunknown armed civilians killed5 light tanks destroyed1 cargo ship damaged 6,000 Dominican casualties and 350 U.S. casualties The Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF) was designed as a peacekeeping force and thus is not considered a war participant.The Dominican Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil Dominicana), also known as the April Revolution (Spanish: Revolución de Abril), took place between April 24 and September 3, 1965, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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