Battle of La Flor

Name: Battle of La Flor
Start: 1928

1928 CE.

Shown on the map at 13.414°, -85.711°.

The Battle of La Flor was fought in May 1928 between the United States Marines, their Nicaraguan National Guardsmen allies, and a force of Sandinista rebels. It occurred at a hill north of the La Flor coffee plantation and ended with a rebel victory when the Americans and Nicaraguan National Guard troops were forced to withdraw.

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