{{Short description|Battle during the Dominican Civil War}} {{Refexample section | date = February 2023 }} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Duarte Bridge | partof = the [[Dominican Civil War]] | image = | caption = | date = 27 April 1965 | place = [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]] | result = Constitutionalist victory | combatant1 = {{flag|Dominican Republic}} (Loyalist faction) | combatant2 = {{flag|Dominican Republic}} (Constitutionalist faction) | commander1 = {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Elías Wessin y Wessin]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Francisco Caamaño]] | strength1 = 4,000 regulars<br>16 tanks | strength2 = Unknown | casualties1 = Unknown number of killed<br>14 tanks lost | casualties2 = Unknown | casualties3 = | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Dominican Civil War}} }}
The '''Battle of Duarte Bridge''' took place on 27 April 1965, during the [[Dominican Civil War]]. The battle resulted in a victory for the Constitutionalists.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-20 |title="OPERATION POWER PACK - U.S. Military Intervention in the Dominican Republic" {{!}} Article |url=https://www.army.mil/article/37660/operation_power_pack_u_s_military_intervention_in_the_dominican_republic |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}}</ref>
==Battle== On 27 April 1965, a sizeable Loyalist force of tanks, armored cars, artillery, and infantry began to rumble across Duarte Bridge under covering fire from 12.7 mm machine guns on the eastern bank. When the armored column passed José Martí Street one block from Duarte Avenue, armed civilians attacked the Loyalist infantry and unleashed a hail of fire from machine guns and mortars; most of the troops either fled or were killed.{{sfn|De La Pedraja|2013|p=148}} Without infantry support, the unescorted tanks, already in the narrow streets of the neighborhood, were easy targets for the [[Molotov cocktail]]s soon being tossed from the surrounding buildings. The Loyalists were routed and several tanks were abandoned and put into use by the rebels.{{sfn|De La Pedraja|2013|p=148}}
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==References== * {{cite book |last=De La Pedraja |first=René |title=Wars of Latin America, 1948-1982: The Rise of the Guerrillas |publisher=McFarland |date=2013-04-15 |isbn=9780786470150 }}
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