Elías Wessin y Wessin

Elías Wessin y Wessin was a Dominican general and politician who led the military faction opposing Juan Bosch and played a major role in the 1965 Dominican Civil War.

Juan Bosch: A Dominican writer and politician who served as president in 1963 before a military coup overthrew him. Wessin opposed Bosch’s return to power after the coup.
1963 Dominican coup d'état: The military overthrow of Dominican president Juan Bosch in September 1963. The coup placed Wessin’s faction against Bosch’s elected government.
1965 Dominican Civil War: A conflict in the Dominican Republic between constitutionalist and anti-constitutionalist forces in 1965. Wessin led the military faction opposing the constitutionalist uprising.
Dominican Republic occupation by the United States: The U.S. military occupation of the Dominican Republic from 1916 to 1924. The occupation’s military institutions formed part of the longer history behind Wessin’s armed forces.
Francisco Caamaño: A Dominican military officer who led the constitutionalist forces during the 1965 civil war. Caamaño’s forces fought the military faction Wessin led.
Dominican Republic under Juan Bosch: The Dominican Republic’s brief democratic government under Juan Bosch in 1963. Wessin opposed the government whose restoration became the constitutionalists’ central demand.
Operation Power Pack: The 1965 U.S. military intervention in the Dominican Republic. The intervention followed the constitutionalist advance against Wessin’s faction.
Dominican Republic: A Caribbean nation occupying the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola. Wessin’s military and political career unfolded within the Dominican Republic’s turbulent post-Trujillo politics.
Donald Reid Cabral: A Dominican politician who headed the civilian triumvirate governing after Bosch’s overthrow. Wessin’s military power helped sustain the government that constitutionalists sought to displace.
Dominican Air Force: The air warfare branch of the Dominican armed forces. Air power gave Wessin’s faction a decisive advantage over constitutionalist forces.

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Dominican Civil WarRelated: His military faction formed the main domestic opposition to the constitutionalists.