Operation Uphold Democracy
Operation Uphold Democracy ( in the press sometimes also Operation Restore Democracy ) was a US-led multinational operation in Haiti 19 September 1994 to 31 March 1995.
Background
After a constitutional reform in 1987 the Haitian military coup and ruled until the 1990 elections, was where Jean -Bertrand Aristide, to whom made many hopes, overwhelmingly elected president. But Aristide in 1991 was a coup d'état of Brigadier General Raoul Cedras back from office. 1994 Aristide was in the wake of a U.S. intervention, the operation Uphold Democracy, to return to his office, and in 1996, after the expiration of his term of office passed, the office of his close associate René Préval. The UN mandate under which Haiti stood since 1995, 1997 ran out again. From 1995 to 2000, various other UN missions in Haiti were active.
The operation
The core part of the troops formed in September 1994, the 3rd Special Forces Group, U.S. Army Special Forces Command, the U.S. Army. The U.S. units were, for example, but supported by the Polish special unit GROM and other small foreign units, they accounted for only a small portion of the troops, and Poland wanted to demonstrate to the posting of his " elite " shortly after the end of the Cold War his affiliation with the West. A team of commandos have been deployed across the country to restore order and provide humanitarian aid. Other forces of the U.S. Army, primarily consisting of elements of the 10th U.S. Mountain Division, occupied Port-au -Prince and provided logistical support. The operation officially ended on 31 March 1995, when it was based on UN Resolution 867, superseded by the UN mission in Haiti ( UNMIH ). From March 1995 to March 1996 remained 2,400 U.S. soldiers the previous operation Uphold Democracy in the country, forming part of the new Operation New Horizon, a command support for the UN mission. These U.S. troops formed the U.S. Forces Haiti ( USFORHAITI ) and supported as peacekeepers of the UN Mission, the U.S. commander also acted as commander of the entire UN troops.
During the entire operation Uphold Democracy only one U.S. soldier died under enemy fire.