In this week’s “History Bites” edition we take a look at international military interventions. For decades the bossiest nation on the planet seemed to be Britain, but by the end of the 19th century the baton had been passed to the United States of America. From Japan to South America to Hawaii, we’ve poked our fingers into as many pies as we could… with mixed results.

Show notes and links:

* Tracey Curtis-Taylor finishes UK to Australia biplane flight (bbc.com)

* United Fruit Company

* Shimonoseki Campaign (1863)

* US Expedition to Korea (1871)

* Banana Wars

* Panama Canal

* Who first found the Panama palindrome?” (fun-with-words.com)

* Spanish–American War (1898)

* United States occupation of Haiti (1915)

* Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1893)

* Hawaiian sovereignty movement

* First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)

* Hermit kingdom

* Boxer Rebellion (1900)

* Capture of Guam (1898)

* History of American Samoa (1900)

* United States occupation of Veracruz (1914)

* Pancho Villa Expedition (1916-1917)

* Ambrose Bierce

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