Haiti & World War II

By CatherineHistory

  • President Vincent dismisses Calixte as commander

  • The officer corps of the Garde is purged of all members suspected of disloyalty

  • The United States makes it known that it would oppose the extention of Vincent's presidential rule to a third term

  • President Vincent resigns; Elie Lescot is elected to a 5-year term as president

  • Lescot names himself head of the Military Guard

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • The U.S. declares war on Japan

  • Lescot declares war on Japan

  • The U.S. declares war on the Axis Powers

  • Lescot declares war on the Axis Powers

    He pledges all necessary support to the Allied war effort.

  • SHADA is created

  • The Export-Import Bank in Washington grants $5 million for SHADA

  • Lescot claims the war required the suspension of the constitution

    Lescot has the parliament give him unlimited executive powers.

  • Maurice Dartique writes to Thomas Fennell about SHADA

  • Lescot and Trujillo's clandestine association ends for unknown reasons

  • Lescot expands the corps of the Military Guard

  • The U.S. military conducts a survey of SHADA

  • SHADA is terminated

    The US government offered $175,000 as compensation to displaced peasants.

  • Lescot pleads unsuccessfully with the United States for an extension on debt repayments

  • Trujillo makes public all his correspondence with President Lescot

  • Low-ranking black soldiers plotting rebellion were caught, and seven were executed without court-martial

  • Lescot extends his presidential term from 5 years to 7 years