Tank Battles of the Dominican Civil War

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In 1965, amid the complex politics of the first US intervention in Latin America in three decades, Operation "Power Pack" included a rare, in some ways unique, set of events in military history- armored combat in the Americas.
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@TheHistoryGuyChannel 2 года назад

As many viewers have noted, I occasionally in the video say “Dominica,” which is a different nation than the Dominican Republic. I apologize for the error.

@jasonarcher7268 2 года назад

had me confused. a tank battle on tiny little Dominica would be pretty crazy.

@wolfhodgkinson6866 2 года назад

@@jasonarcher7268 Unable to think it through, huh?

@jasonarcher7268 2 года назад

@@wolfhodgkinson6866 having been to Dominica several times, it did confuse me the first couple times he mentioned it. It's that ok? Obviously I realize the he'd made an honest mistake. Does being a snarky douche make you feel better?

@dziban303 2 года назад

Dominica is pronounced with stress on third syllable

@jasonarcher7268 2 года назад

@@dziban303 yes, but only by people who know the difference between the DR and Dominica.

@psansoucy 2 года назад

This brought back vivid memories for me. I was a rifle platoon commander A Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines during the Marine Corps deployment to the Dominican Republic in 1965. During several weeks, my platoon provided perimeter security for the U.S. Embassy. And, one morning, one of my Marines, manning a telephone in the embassy answered the telephone with President Johnson on the other end. The platoon was also strafed one afternoon by two of the Mustangs referred to. Strange sensation to be fired upon from the sky. We saw no real combat although we were subjected to random sniper fire fairly regularly. It was a long May and June.

@anotheryoutubechannel4809 2 года назад

Wow! What memories. Glad you made it through ok! 🙏👍

@boondocker7964 2 года назад

In RVN, 1967, I had a platoon Sgt. that was in Santo Domingo, (according to him) for the shootings, he was "up to speed", he got wounded in (RVN) Union 1 or Union 2, never heard from him again.

@cycloneranger7927 2 года назад

Wonderful… another one of those videos where every third RU-vidr not only was there, but was in a combat unit, probably special forces. Last time I checked RU-vid there were approximately 6.5 TRILLION Americans at the Battle of Midway…

@psansoucy 2 года назад

@@cycloneranger7927 Every word I wrote is true. I have no need to make stuff up. That was the only tactical environment during my Marine Corps service from 1963 to 1967. My classmates were all in Vietnam.

@boondocker7964 2 года назад

@@cycloneranger7927 AND you did what, when, and where, keyboard commando?

@samDbaron 2 года назад

As a Dominican thank you for covering this. I remember the old timers talking about the conflict in the invasion. Please don’t say Dominica though. Dominica is a different island nation in Caribbean. Understandable mistake.

@drw0 Год назад

@@stephen-ngit’s Shiite

@FuzzyMarineVet 2 года назад

As a Cold War Marine from 1976-79, I was lectured on Marine Corps history in the "Banana Wars." This intervention in the Dominican Republic is considered the last of the Banana Wars by the USMC. I was not given detailed analysis of the combat because, at that time, no one had yet figured out what happened a decade before.

@HM2SGT 2 года назад

Interesting. I had a similar thought about the Banana Wars, I came in about ten years after you and I never knew that this was considered the final entry in that chapter.

@edbaldwin8736 2 года назад

As usual, Johnson over reacted, and made an ass of himself

@kayzeaza 2 года назад

@@edbaldwin8736 I think you mean stopped more socialism in the Caribbean. Or do you like communists dictators at your door step?

@williamlydon2554 2 года назад

A similar fact, F4U fighters dueled F-51s in 1969 during the Football War between Honduras and El Salvador.

@mcuddy799 2 года назад

And this was in fact the last time a p-51 was shot down, contrary to the claims in the video.

@JackLowry1313 2 года назад

True. I've been to a memorial of the Football War in Honduras. It answers that question of "which American WW II Fighter Plane was best".

@fleebee3639 2 года назад

@@JackLowry1313not necessicarily, it can also depend on the skill of the pilot using it.

@JackLowry1313 2 года назад

@@fleebee3639 Oh I know, and the Honduran F4 pilot was actually a lot more experienced. But it was fun to read about and remember those discussions as a kid. :)

@michaelstinson5317 2 года назад

Actually, those were P51 and Cavalier Mustangs, not designated as F51s.

@tangoleftist7792 2 года назад

This was also back when no one had really heard of the Army Special Forces. The 8th Special Forces Group participated in this event. We were living in Panama and Dad disappeared for a few months. Mom wanted to get a big dog since he was gone for so long and in order to talk to dad, she had to go to HQ and talk via radio while not knowing exactly where he was. Later in life my father shared stories about Dom Rep and the issues they had with sniper fire. I was 9 or 10 at the time and did know anything about the Dom Rep until my father talked about it some ten or so years later.

@s.marcus3669 2 года назад

Oy, please don't tell me that with a father as a Green Beret veteran you are indeed, a Leftist...

@tangoleftist7792 2 года назад

@@s.marcus3669 No. Not a Leftist!

@s.marcus3669 2 года назад

@@tangoleftist7792 Good to hear; but please explain your username, if you don't mind.

@tangoleftist7792 2 года назад

@@s.marcus3669 I'd rather not...

@nacanacoo 2 года назад

@@tangoleftist7792 I demand you to explain it.

@grapeshot 2 года назад

I had a neighbor who fought in the Battle of Hue. During the Tet Offensive and he oftentimes talked about the Thing.

@HM2SGT 2 года назад

👍 It's kind of funny that the two most successful US armor systems in Nam were the airmobile ones; the ONTOS and the Sheridan, which could fire a beehive round that turned its main weapon system into a 6-inch shotgun! Great for clearing houses. Stick the barrel through window or a wall and poof.

@johnknapp952 2 года назад

Watch just about any Battle of Hue film and you'll see the M50 being used.

@lancerevell5979 2 года назад

A garage locally used to have a stripped Ontos chassis in their back lot. No idea where they got it or wanted to do with it. The upper hull and everything on it was gone.

@johnciummo3299 2 года назад

I was assigned to the 3rd battalion, 6th Marines in Sept. 1965, after bootcamp at Parris Island. 3/6 was loaded with veterans of the DomRep intervention. We looked upon them as gods. They had seen action. They wore a campaign ribbon on their uniform . They were a few with a Purple Heart. Totally in awe. One of them even had the Silver Star. In reality the DomRep intervention was a minor affair compared to what was coming next. Vietnam came calling, and those of us grunts who survived those 13 months of brutal combat came home loaded with combat ribbons and personal decorations. Many of us had multiple Purple Hearts,Bronze Star w/V’s and Silver Stars. No one even remembered DomRep. Young second Lts just out of Quantico and assigned to us really were kind of intimated by us. We were 22 to 23 year old hardened Marines awaiting our discharge. They pretty much left us alone for fear of embarrassing themselves in front of us. We were not to be toyed with. After facing the battle hardened NVA for 13 months you really were in no mood to put up with any crap by some young junior officer fresh out of Quantico. Very interesting little documentary.

@dougreid2351 2 года назад

Semper Fi, Shipmate!

@glennlee6274 2 года назад

in 1980 I was in the 2nd Combat Engineers attached to 3/6...Semper Fi Brother!

@LosFicosMusic 2 года назад

One day DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 🇩🇴 will be Free from North American 🇺🇸 InFlueNcE…

@eddiehaskell1957 Год назад

Welcome home! It's long overdue..

@genetate3704 2 года назад

I was with the 82d when the tank was killed by a 106 recoiless mounted on a jeep. We were in the second floor of building when it came down the road , we engaged with a m 60 , no damage, tank fired back blew a hole in buildind wounding one man, took his leg off, we called help a couple min. later a jeep came and took it out with the 106 ,

@jake4194 2 года назад

Are you telling the truth?

@carlosacta8726 2 года назад

I'd love to speak with you and learn more about what happened there.

@Autobotmatt428 3 месяца назад

Thank you for your service! Never Forget

@billmartin5203 2 года назад

Good presentation! I landed in DomRep with USMC "C" Co, 2nd Recon and remember convoying into Santo Domingo from our landing beaches, traveling past the military airfield and seeing the F-51's parked there. It was like traveling back in time to WWII in other ways... the first urban combat for the Marines since Saipan. Sniper fire was heavy and the Ontos was used to target buildings/houses hosting these snipers. Recon's base camp was immediately adjacent to the Marine tank company. An interesting side note. The rebels also had what looked like a French WWI Renault Tank (although have been told it was a US built copy) and it was chased down by our tanks and captured (abandoned after the gas tank was surgared and the engine ruined) then hauled back to to the Tankers base camp. The Marines rebuilt the engine and painted the tank Marine Corp Green, and US Marine markings affixed. The tankers used it as their beach buggy/play thing and tried to take it back to Camp Lejeune when we were withdrawn from DomRep after arrival of the OAS forces. That was denied by higher echelon, however. I think the instruction was to return the tank as it was when captured... so I'm told they felt obligated to "sugar" the gas tank yet again and ran the engine until it stopped.

@Trygon 2 года назад

That's incredible. Someone could probably make a really good movie out of this whole event.

@dukecraig2402 2 года назад

Sugar doesn't do anything to a gasoline engine, that's a myth that's been proven false many times over including by Mythbusters on their TV show. The thing is sugar doesn't dissolve in gasoline the way it does in water, it simply lays in the bottom of the fuel tank and doesn't do a thing as was clearly seen on the show Mythbusters when they constructed a see through fuel tank for their experiment. If you really want to screw up a gasoline engine pour bleach in the fuel tank, that really does work.

@fortusvictus8297 2 года назад

@@dukecraig2402 Sugar works much like sand, dirt, or any other material though, and it plugs filters and destroys pumps and fuel lines.

@dukecraig2402 2 года назад

@@fortusvictus8297 No it doesn't, it'll never make it to the filter or pump or anything like that because it'll never make it past the pick-up screen. I've seen more than one person through the years dump a generous portion of sugar in a gas tank and we thought for sure it'd be the end of that engine, months later when they were still running without missing a beat and we couldn't understand it because "everyone knows" it works, well it doesn't, it's a wives tale. After watching Mythbusters bust that one I understood why those vehicles kept running without missing a beat, you can probably find the episode right here on RU-vid I'll bet. Now bleach, that one absolutely 100% works.

@mrsillywalk 2 года назад

locals not rebels.

@MarcoSchad 2 года назад

Fascinating as always. My parents met during and as a result of this conflict. I must point out that Dominica (mentioned three times) and the Dominican Republic are different places. Dominica is a much smaller, English-speaking Caribbean nation.

@themidnightgolfer6205 2 года назад

Yes, this is a military action that we now overlook! I was a bit confused at times about Dominica versus the Dominican republic. I think Dominica, with an active volcano, would have been a very difficult island to operate tanks!

@kayzeaza 2 года назад

No way Dominica is a real place that I am only now just hearing about.

@brucewelty7684 2 года назад

@@kayzeaza Typical myopic Murican. Can you name 40 of the 50 states?

@garrysekelli6776 2 года назад

Do they play dominoes there?

@randallmarsh1187 2 года назад

@@garrysekelli6776 I know you were being snarky there but, yes as a matter of fact many Caribbean countries play Dominoes and take the game quite seriously.

@markchase5323 2 года назад

In October 1965, my family arrived on Ramey AFB on the the Northwest corner of Puerto Rico (I was an AF Brat.). There was a story circulating that a fully armed Dominican F-51 had flown under the radar and subsequently landed on the runway. The pilot had simply wanted to defect with no ill intentions and was perched on the wing of the aircraft, when the Air Police arrived to take him into custody. Radar coverage was immediately improved. The DR was only about 80 miles from PR.

@adrianvasquez4351 2 года назад

I recently wrote a small paper that involved research of the Dominican Civil War, but because I focused on politics I hadn't heard of the tank combat. Its a very interesting video, and you always have the best B-roll footage. Keep up the good work!

@transitionministries2072 2 года назад

The M50 Ontos was also used in Convoy Escort & Base Security during my deployment in Vietnam (April 1968 - May 1969). My first Duty Station in the Marines was Service Company, 2nd Anti-tank Battalion, 2nd Maurine Division FMF, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Our primary weapon was the Ontos. The Ontos was a fast hard hitting weapon, much like the Marines that used it.

@joesterling4299 2 года назад

Some relatives who lived in the DR were evacuated by US forces to Puerto Rico at the time. They had a successful business, which of course went away during the rebellion. So this episode is of particular interest to me. Thank you.

@carlosrmidence5690 2 года назад

In fact, the last P-51 were shot down by a Corsair in what seems to be the last air combat between piston driven airplanes, during the 1969 war between Honduras and El Salvador.

@patrickgbaird 2 года назад

Yes that's the Football War of July 14-18 1969

@alantoon5708 2 года назад

By another piston engined fighter...the F4U Corsair...

@artzaldivar1599 2 года назад

In the early 90's, I was in Honduras and saw that Corsair on static display at Toncontin Airport. I also met the pilot who was then the HAF Commander in Chief. A neat exposure to history!

@carlosacta8726 2 года назад

Was this during the soccer war?

@dannyjones3840 2 года назад

Lance thank you for another awesome history lesson! As a 20 year Marine Corps veteran I am surprised that I've never heard of this battle we fought in. I guess it was just over shadowed by Vietnam.

@lancerevell5979 2 года назад

Same here. First I have heard of this war. I had no idea the Ontos was used anywhere other than in Vietnam.

@allenheaps2084 2 года назад

Very interesting piece of history. My Wife is from the Dominican Republic. Thanks for sharing this piece of history.

@richardklug822 2 года назад

I remember in my teens seeing newsreel footage at our local movie theater about these events. I wasn't very interested in international politics or knowledgeable about armored warfare back then, but now find both subjects fascinating. Thanks for bringing me up to speed!

@jimmccue577 2 года назад

"Not exactly the battle of Kursk..." Love it! & the videos! Thanks for taking the time to present history in such an engaging way!

@Vonstab 2 года назад

Even the basic AP round for the 37mm Bofors would have been a threat to the M50 and could have damaged exposed parts of the M48. The upgraded AP ammunition would have gone through the M50 like a hot knife through butter but it would take a skilled crew to set up such an engagement. The L60 turret was actually in active service with the Swedish armed forces well into the 1990s. While the hulls had been scrapped or repurposed the tank turrets had been installed as part of the fortifications present at every significant Swedish airport. With 2 machine guns in addition to the 37mm cannon the turrets were a real threat to enemy aircraft trying to capture the airport by coup de main.

@ericdeer5887 2 года назад

The MACHINE GUNS on the L60 were threat to the ONTOS, the standard AP rounds of the Bofors 37L38 would have penetrated the Ontos from virtually any reasonable range and angle. The only hope for the ONTOS would be a glancing shot on the impressively sloped upper hull.

@familyman3573 2 года назад

"That's pretty obscure stuff".... which is why I love The History Guy!

@tasman006 2 года назад

Being a tank nut I really enjoyed this episode. I had heard of the tank battle but you made it so more detailed and interesting.

@harrykuheim6107 2 года назад

The Dominican War was the first time I saw Marines in Combat on TV News....USMC 70-74

@josephwhiskeybeale 2 года назад

There is a nice example of an M50 Ontos at the USMC Museum

@carlosacta8726 2 года назад

As a Dominican-American,I was not aware of the types of military vehicles deployed during the conflict. Kudos for yet another great and educational video!

@dirus3142 2 года назад

I highly recommend The Chieftain's channel for any thing Tank related. He has great videos on U.S. Tank development, and armored doctrine, along with other countries. His mainstay is walk around of historical tanks. Suggested because of History Guy's video gives a Segway into the subject. Also would be a great to have a collaboration between the two channels. An "amateur" historian, teaming up with a professional historian, on a subject would be nice to see.

@brucewelty7684 2 года назад

I gave up on him. His speech impediments negated his speeches

@dirus3142 2 года назад

@@brucewelty7684 Chieftain does not have a speech impediment. He has a very mild Irish accent, and Irish/English idioms.

@Perfusionist01 2 года назад

I am a student of US armor but I had never heard of the actual use of the American armor other than intimidation. Fascinating information!

@floydvaughn9666 2 года назад

George Patton's son was an officer with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam. Part of the incursion into Cambodia. We exchanged salutes at Ft.Hood Texas. 2nd Armor, Hell on Wheels.

@GraemePayne1967Marine 2 года назад

Very interesting on several levels. I actually do not remember hearing about this at the time: In 1965 I was starting high school in a new place after yet another long-distance family move. We may have had a television at home, but what we kids could watch was tightly controlled by the parents. Of note about high school, though, is that in the first couple of weeks I met a girl that I married seven years later, and I am very happy that she is still hanging around after more than 51 years. But I digress ... I AM familiar with other Marine Corps equipment shown in the presentation. The Ontos I only ever saw was in California, and it had been pulled out of Vietnam by the time I arrived there. But several pictures (including the cover picture for the video), prominently show examples of the LVTP-5 amphibious personnell carrier used by the Marines, commonly referred to as an AMTRAC (that nickname goes back to WW-II). When I "evaded the draft" by enlisting in the Marines in 1967, I was trained to be a mechanic for those vehicles. So I was literally familiar with every inch of them. From the number of radio antennas on the AMTRAC shown in the video, I would say it was one that was set up inside as a command and control vehicle. Most were used for troops and cargo transport. So lots of memories of those, but from a somewhat later time and different place.

@PakBallandSami 2 года назад

In his interview, Val discusses his failed attempts to convince the Ambassador not to trust Bosch and the dissolution of the Bosch government; his less-than-successful time as the press spokesman, when he was often less informed about matters than the journalists he was briefing; and his role in convincing Garcia-Godoy to run for presidency. He was interviewed by Cliff Groce beginning in May 1989. Read about dealing with General Trujillo, the”two-bit dictator.”

@LAM_AUT_ECU 2 года назад

Very interesting. Just one comment though, you often mention events to the country referring to it as "Dominica", such as in: "they weren't supposed to be involved in combat in Dominica" (13:26). I have little trouble imagining that the tanks deployed in the Dominican Republic weren't meant to be deployed in Dominica, considering it is a different island.

@obsidianjane4413 2 года назад

Context. Also he didn't enunciate it as the little island "Domineeca". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HTwXu_QnbJc.html

@mrjeh49 2 года назад

I was with USMC 1/26 Alpha Co Ontos for 2 tours. (68-70) very interesting of the history of the vehicle

@tomjustis7237 2 года назад

Trivia alert! Why are armored combat vehicles called "tanks"? Early in WWI, the British were developing the first armored fighting vehicles. For security reasons they wanted to keep that secret. Due to that, they 'allowed' information to 'slip out' that the factories involved were actually constructing steel water tanks to transport that much needed item to the front line troops. Although a misnomer, the name stuck!

@chainweaver3361 2 года назад

WOW! I learned something about Allis Chalmers from this. Thanks THG your history lessons are always so interesting.

@HootOwl513 2 года назад

I shared a table at the NCO Mess on Thanksgiving [1974?] with a fellow Marine who'd been an Ontos crewman. We were both Duty Section NCOs in our respective units at MCAS Cherry Point, NC -- taking care of business when most of our people were on liberty or leave. I had just made Corporal, and the chow was better. Turkey and all the trimmings. My friend had been In-Country with the M-50. When it was obsoleted, he got a new MOS. I could tell he really missed his ride.

@f3xpmartian 2 года назад

Good grief, WOW! Leave it to the History Guy to uncover a bit of news like this.

@williamevans5782 2 года назад

Ah pirates. A fortress built to defend against pirates. A good story. I think the M-50 was the root of so many Sci-FI ground vehicles in 60s and 70s fiction - terrifying in action.

@johnmccallum8512 2 года назад

For pirates read The English. Mostly.

@myricallen9093 2 года назад

Had the honour of listening to this live in person at Bovington on Sunday morning, sat right up close me and my fiancé was well worth the viewing pleasure!

@keitholding8541 2 года назад

Then I must have been sitting just behind you!

@myricallen9093 2 года назад

@@keitholding8541 If you saw a guy in shorts and black top and a women in a bright red dress then yup :)

@keitholding8541 2 года назад

@@myricallen9093 I think so, but it was hard not to be entirely distracted by a cute young child determined to be The History Guy's number one fan.

@myricallen9093 2 года назад

@@keitholding8541 That was such a heart warming moment!

@korbell1089 2 года назад

"Any use of heavy weapons had to be approved by command." The Johnson administration was notorious about fighting communism but also tying the troops hands while doing so!

@RocketTCoyote 2 года назад

There was a sort of yearbook printed of America's involvement in "The Dominican Crisis". It showed the Ontos in action. There was a photo montage of a priest directing US troops to a sniper. The USO Show for our troops featured such acts as Joey Heatherton, Jerry Colona, Paul Revere & The Raiders, also The Melody Maids.

@richardkeller4234 2 года назад

Yep, i have a copy of that too, “wow!”

@ithedominican Год назад

Thank you so much for sharing our history with the world

@henryrodgers1752 2 года назад

Thank you for another excellent presentation of significant military history not commonly known.

@RobinsVoyage 2 года назад

Dear History Guy, A rare bit if history rarely relief about was when guerrillas attacked the Japanese marching towards Daet in Basud, Camarines Norte. It was a week after Pearl Harbor. It was at the Laniton Bridge.

@PabloRichardFernandez 2 года назад

The History Guy and TANKS! What more can a man ask for ???

@tomc8273 2 года назад

Great video, I was there in 65,13yrs. old, visiting family curfew was at 6 pm. we could hear the small and large arms fire at night, scary for me. my 2 cousins were part of the rebels, both lived. trujillo was a family friend of my grandfather Pasquale de Negroni until he had a falling out and grandfather started speaking publicy against him. Santo Domingo was shot up with Yankee Go Home painted everywhere. it was hard for my family being American to travel in the daytime unless we were with my 2 cousins or uncle. Trujillo was killed while driving to his farm and the memorial plaque was fairly shot up also. It was a CIA operation, I had a friend who was involved at the time. we used to watch as the Marines came ashore that was awesome.

@HM2SGT 2 года назад

*TANKS* for the great episode to kick off the week!😸

@tankman7711 2 года назад

The Ontos!! Greek for " Thing". Excellent for perimeter defense!! We completely rebuilt one at The Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, at Fort Knox, KY. Then, a very short time later...The Armor School moved to Fort Benning, GA. Since the Museum & library were part of The Armor School they took most of the Armor with them. Now if you want to see a fully functioning ' Ontos' you gotta visit Benning.

@oldesertguy9616 2 года назад

Okay, I knew we went into the Dominican Republic, but never heard of tanks being involved.

@cjbarbosa2005 2 года назад

Love your content. I think you are confusing the name of two countries on this one though. The Dominican Republic and Dominica. Both Caribbean island nations but definitely not the same.

@twoheart7813 2 года назад

Another excellent piece of history that I knew little about but should have.

@ebla83 2 года назад

My dad crewed an M50 Ontos in Vietnam 65-66. They were thin skinned, but had ferocious firepower. An M48 may put a hole in a building with its 90mm main gun, but an Ontos would level the entire building. They were an odd, but very useful weapon. I have had many Vietnam vets talk highly of the Ontos when I mention my dad crewed one.

@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt 2 года назад

thanks

@constipatedinsincity4424 2 года назад

Hey History Guy 👋 🤓 nice Minnesota Vikings colors!

@jme36053 2 года назад

After pirates, tank battles, wherever they occur, are the next bestest.

@goldgeologist5320 2 года назад

I knew pirates were going to get in the story when dealing with a Caribbean island.

@HootOwl513 2 года назад

Phil Ochs, the folk singer , wrote a satirical broadside about this last Banana War, ''Santo Domingo.''

@3men219 2 года назад

Great video HG!! I wonder if it would be possible to cover the sinking of the U-176, it is a fairly obscure event of WW2 and a perfect candidate for an episode. The only Uboat sunk by Cuba in the whole conflict. A very interesting event. Thank you!!

@john2759 Месяц назад

I have never forgotten this because I was there, I was a 6 year kid and seen the combat first hand because they had a 50 machine gun in front of our house and the sound was very louder than anything I had heard. After everything was over me and my brother went to colette bullet shells and took back to the house what was left of a soldier to to show my grandfather who became very terrified and never let us go outside for a long time. I saw dog fights and police being burn alive so I never could get that shit out of my mind to this day by the way I lost my father in this war who was a soldier so this one is very personal. I am a artist today but I have never painted what I saw. I have learned through meditation and spiritual practice to block this shit from my mind. It’s not like the movies or the Fourth of July. The screams of people being killed and the sweet and horrible smell of death.

@edwinsalau150 2 года назад

Thank you for something I did know about.

@lorijudd2151 2 года назад

This was, as usual, very well done. And the fact that you have a well documented love of tanks probably didn't hurt, either. I always watch your content. Great, and accurate!

@izzywatashi371 2 года назад

Very concise. This is the first real descripton of the Dominican Civil War I've seen or read in a long time. That war was front page news on the papers I delievered back in 1965. As a Vietnam Marine I saw the Ontos get relegated to a perimeter defence weapon because of its reload hazard.

@cjgangi0123 2 года назад

One criticism History Guy….Dominica is a different country than the Dominican Republic

@deanstuart8012 2 года назад

It is also pronounced differently. The former British island is pronounced Domineeka, with an eek, as I am reliably informed by people I know from there.

@Centurion04 2 года назад

This was very comprehensive and somewhat personal for me, as I grew up hearing tales about this from my mom. Her dad(my grandfather) served as an officer with the Loyalists, working alongside the 82nd Airborne and helped keep the vile, evil scourge of communism from spreading any further in the Caribbean, which is something I am immensely proud of. He too, was immensely proud of working beside the 82nd Airborne guys to save his homeland and for the remainder of his very long and happy life, he spoke with great admiration for those men. It would please him to know that one of his grandchildren- my cousin- became a member of the 82nd before later becoming a Ranger.

@multitieredinvestor183 Год назад

I was part of the group scheduled to jump into Santo Domingo. We were excited as we would get a gold star on our jump wings signifying a combat jump. About two hours before jumping, we learned the air field was secure so we landed - no jump or gold stars. We later discovered the drop zone was a vineyard and had we jumped we would have been decimated. During the war, I was at the air field at Ramey AFB. When a Mustang landed without authorization. The base commander and the G2 (intelligence) were relieved. Fast forward to 2021. I was telling my opthomologist that story in Spanish ( He is from the Dominican Republic). He got very quiet and lightly touched my shoulder saying, “ Él era mi tío!” He was my uncle. Roberto Mendez.

@MausMasher54 2 года назад

This was one that I had not heard of and I grew up a a USN dependent, my dad worked at the Naval Weapons Station during that time and never spoke a word of this....Same went for what he did in WWII....BTW, he enlisted at a month before his 16th birthday in '42....

@HM2SGT 2 года назад

9:25 Because, don't _all_ good stories involve *Pyrates?!* 😁

@clydedopheide1033 2 года назад

I didn't know anything about this tank combat. Another great episode of history we need to remember. Thanks Sir

@MichaelOfRohan 2 года назад

That intro was so tank.

@lancejohnson1406 2 года назад

The last F-51 Mustang shootdown in combat happened later during the Soccer War in 1969 between Honduras and El Salvador. A Honduran F4U-5 Corsair was the victor.

@h60rsqplt 2 года назад

Excellent presentation!

@HM2SGT 2 года назад

Actually, it's not all that surprising that untrained mobs are able to defeat armor. If the crew isn't willing to be ruthless, then a tank is just a very large, very difficult to see out from paperweight. I remember training from when I was enlisted about mob Dynamics and crowd control. It's not unheard of for mobs to physically move light armor and armored fighting vehicles.

@jeffbangkok 2 года назад

Interesting

@FreeFallingAir 2 года назад

Great video as always sir. I always look forward to your notifications, your videos are very interesting and I typically always learn something. You sir are a gem. Keep up the great work, until next time, take care!

@alancranford3398 2 года назад

This video was a delightful treat. I knew very little of this civil war and nothing of the armored combat. Thank you.

@edwinchandeck7231 2 года назад

Very interesting video. As a note, the cannon of the MX13 is a french exact copy of the german 75mm L70 that equipped the Panzer V Panther.

@gwtpictgwtpict4214 2 года назад

Um, I don't think so, a bit of searching produces references to it being inspired by the Panther's gun, or based on it, or a development of and earlier French gun intended to have similar ballistic performance to the German gun, but it was not a direct copy.

@BobMuir100 2 года назад

You are very good, I learn about things I never even knew had existed/happened and your voice is perfect for delivery. Thanks Bob England

@petertimmins6657 2 года назад

My cousin’s husband deployed there with 3rd Brigade 82nd ABN. I found that out years later (there was about a 20 years age difference between he and I) when I was on leave after my first enlistment in the 82nd in the mid 1980s. I later deployed to Desert Shield/Storm with 3rd Brigade 82nd ABN (C 1/505 PIR).

@LuisPuesan 11 месяцев назад

There was a Tank-to-tank combat between the loyals and the rebels during the Cleanup Operation. Two AMX13 shot each other without any casualties during a night duel; both tank crews withdrew from the encounter because they were afraid to die. In the encounter that you mentioned where an M48 destroyed an L60; the latest had damaged an Ontos first, and the Marine Destroyed it after being hit by the L60's 37mm gun more than twice without any damage. My data is from interviews that I had recollected in regards to my investigation to write my book about the Dominican Air Force.

@benhall2146 2 года назад

The Allis Chalmers company has a fascinating history that I think you would enjoy, and as always I love your videos!!!! Thank you!

@PakBallandSami 2 года назад

“They say it came first from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Thainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles” ― Junot Díaz,

@HM2SGT 2 года назад

Every time some ignorant, overly emotional person describes Civil War in the USA, they really need to think twice and study things like this before they decide their hurt feelings warrant creating this chaos on the streets of their neighborhood

@popuptarget7386 2 года назад

Most of them have no idea what they are pushing for.

@curiodyssey3867 2 года назад

amen

@curiodyssey3867 2 года назад

those people aren't the studying type

@HM2SGT 2 года назад

@@curiodyssey3867 I suspect you are suggesting that these are people more given to emotionalism than dispassionate, deliberate reason? I agree and concur.

@joesterling4299 2 года назад

You mean start a new one. Yes, I totally agree. They should study the American Civil War (1861-65) to gain an understanding of the kind of death and suffering such a disastrous conflict entails. It's easy to talk about past death and destruction, where the victims are far removed in time. Thinking about it instead being you, your family and friends who die or lose everything is key to painting the whole picture, to understanding why it's a terrible idea. Ukraine might serve us well on this score.

@blank557 2 года назад

The Ontos was used by the Marines to take back Hue during the Tet offensive, block, by block. It was devastatingly effective when firing all tubes, but also subject to great risk from RPG fire by the NVA regulars in the city. I'm sure it did a lot of "scoot and shoot" in that battle.

@Ddnmddnn 2 года назад

at 10.44 you can see TNI (Indonesia Army) PT76 soviet made from cold war era

@Harv72b 2 года назад

"The only tank-on-tank combat in the Americas." The History Guy has obviously never visited Krasnovia. 😁 I keed, I keed, yet another great and riveting episode!

@obsidianjane4413 2 года назад

It was only rarely live-fire though...

@comentedonakeyboard 2 года назад

The only tank on tank combat in the Americas, so far😂

@wompa70 2 года назад

My Dad was there as an XVIII Airborne Corps M.P. His team was assigned bodyguard duty for the US Ambassador.

@LuisRodriguez-tm1ld 2 месяца назад

It is extremely unfortunate that they don’t teach about these things. There should be a museum in Dominican Republic about this conflict.

@marvwatkins7029 2 года назад

As a child, I remember a color photo of this war on the cover of Life Magazine.

@mikeoswald8053 Год назад

In '69 I started flying the islands of the Caribbean, including Hispaniola where the Dominican Republic and Haiti are located. On one cargo trip, the captain, a yank, had flown for the Dominican Air Force on the conservative side. Our trips in and out of the Dominican Republic were always interesting as everybody knew of him. In Haiti, we brought in parts to the Haitian Air Force that consisted then of one F or P-51 ( with 2 flat tires and drooping hydraulics) and their mighty Cessna 140. You are right about the comments pro or con on the intervention, but remember the undercurrent never ceases in latin America

@Trygon 2 года назад

That Ontos looks like a mean little bastard. Would be great with some spider legs or hover pods in your future-war franchise of choice.

@roberthultman9691 2 года назад

Guess in a combat situation the Ontos crew would have all 6 tubes loaded......... wonder if the 106's could be fired from inside he vehicle? Having to go outside to reload doesn't seem very appealing, especially if you outran your infantry........... From a 101st Abn Div (Airmobile) 1st Bn 501st Inf HHC Anti-Tank Platoon Ldr (a 1LT at the time, at least for a couple months until active duty ended) May-Oct 72 at Ft Campbell KY. AT Plt had some Jeeps w/mounts for 106 RRs, also some 90 mm shoulder-fired RRs........... Just call us the BackBlast Boys............

@g00gleminus96 2 года назад

Tank you very much.

@donaldlamkin1305 2 года назад

Great episode! I've never even heard of this incident.

@williamsakalaucks6335 2 года назад

Have driven past the defunct Allis-Chalmers factory in West Allis, Wi quite often.

@GeorgeSemel 2 года назад

Gee, you sure have a fixation on Kursk! Interesting subject. I had a neighbor who when he was in the Marines, served in Dominica couple of tours in Vietnam tool. I understand mentioning Kursk, it was a huge tank battle.

@curiodyssey3867 2 года назад

alright let's do this!

@maxcorey8144 2 года назад

I was going to The American Cooperative School in LaPaz, Bolivia, in 1966 when four F51 airplanes with wings loaded with rockets, flew low over our school yard area while we were having lunch. it was impressive. Bolivian Air Force I believe.

@skytrooper4521 2 года назад

At one point near the middle of this video you referred to the Dominican Republic as Dominica. Dominica is a different country on a different island in the Caribbean.

@kevinlesch9656 2 года назад

It's almost like you tossed the word pirates in there just to see if we noticed. I chuckle a little every time that word comes up!

@genetate3704 2 года назад

Every good Caribbean story has a pirate or two

@VideoCesar07 2 года назад

Wow. This was a great episode. As a 1st Gen American to Dominican parents I heard plenty of the political instability and the civil war following the assassination, more like overdue justice, of Trujillo. I only read and heard accounts of the era and certain engagements but never heard about the use of tanks until now. Did not know that this was the first use of the M48 in combat. Despite the loyalist forces having what was supposed to be the best trained and equipped unit it underlines that unless they put that training to good use then it is of little to no value. It's another good example of why armor is vulnerable without infantry support.