List of wars involving the United States
This is a list of wars fought by the United States of America.
18th-century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for the United States and its Allies |
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American Revolutionary War
(1775–1783) Location: Eastern North America, Gibraltar, India, Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic ![]() The Battle of Long Island, 27 August 1776 |
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Victory
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Cherokee–American wars (1776–1795) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Old Southwest ![]() Abduction of Daniel Boone's daughter by the Cherokee |
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Northwest Indian War (1785–1793) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Northwest Territory |
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Western Confederacy
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Victory
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Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787) Location: Massachusetts ![]() Shays' troops are repulsed from the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts in early 1787. |
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Anti-Government Protesters | Victory
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Whiskey Rebellion (1791–1794) Location: Western Pennsylvania ![]() George Washington reviews troops before their march to suppress the rebellion in western Pennsylvania. |
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Frontier tax protesters | Victory
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Quasi-War (1798–1800) Part of the French Revolutionary Wars Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean |
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Victory
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19th-century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for the United States and its Allies |
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First Barbary War (1801–1805) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tripoli. ![]() Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon at Derna, April 1805 |
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Victory
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1811 German Coast Uprising (1811) Location: Territory of Orleans |
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Rebel slaves Supported by: |
Victory
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Tecumseh's War (1811) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Northwest River Ohio |
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Tecumseh's Confederacy
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Victory
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War of 1812 (1812–1815) Location: Eastern and Central North America ![]() General Andrew Jackson stands on the parapet of his makeshift defenses as his troops repulse attacking Highlanders, by painter Edward Percy Moran in 1910. |
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Stalemate
Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum with no boundary changes
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Creek War (1813–1814) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Southern United States ![]() The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, 1814 |
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Red Stick Creek | Victory
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Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary states. |
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Victory
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First Seminole War (1817–1818) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars ![]() Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke near Tampa Bay |
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Seminole
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Victory
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Texas–Indian wars (1820–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars and the Mexican Indian Wars Location: Texas ![]() A Kiowa ledger drawing depicting a battle between Southern Plains Indians and the U.S. Army during the Red River War |
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Victory
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Arikara War (1823) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Missouri River |
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Arikara | Partial victory
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Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States (1825–1828) Part of Piracy in the Mediterranean Location: Off Greece, Aegean Sea ![]() Greek pirate boats attacking HMS Comet |
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Victory
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Winnebago War (1827) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory |
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Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks with a few allies |
Victory
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First Sumatran expedition (1832) Part of the Sumatran expeditions Location: Aceh Sultanate ![]() U.S. infantry assaulting the Acehnese forts at Kuala Batu in 1832 |
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Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | Victory
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Black Hawk War (1832) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory ![]() Native women and children fleeing the Battle of Bad Axe |
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Black Hawks British Band Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies |
Victory
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Second Seminole War (1835–1842) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Florida, United States ![]() U.S. Marines search for Seminoles in the Everglades |
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Seminole | Victory
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Second Sumatran expedition (1838) Part of the Sumatran expeditions Location: Aceh Sultanate |
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Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | Victory
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Aroostook War (1838) Location: Maine and New Brunswick |
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Compromise Webster–Ashburton Treaty
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Ivory Coast Expedition (1842) Part of the African Slave Trade Patrol Location: Ivory Coast ![]() Veterans of the expedition on board Saratoga in 1842 |
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Victory
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Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Location: Texas, New Mexico, California and Mexico ![]() 2nd Dragoons charge the enemy at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, 1846 |
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Victory
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Cayuse War (1847–1855) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon |
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Cayuse | Victory
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Apache Wars (1851–1900) Part of the Texas–Indian wars Location: Southwestern United States ![]() |
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Apache Ute Yavapai |
Victory
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Puget Sound War (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington |
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Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit |
Victory
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First Fiji Expedition
Part of the Fiji Expeditions |
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Fiji | Victory |
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856) Location: Rogue Valley |
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Rogue River people | Victory
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Third Seminole War
Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars |
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Seminole | Victory
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Yakima War
Part of the American Indian Wars ![]() Seattleites evacuate to the town blockhouse as USS Decatur opens fire on advancing tribal forces. |
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Yakama Walla Walla tribe Umatilla tribe Nez Perce tribe Cayuse tribe |
Victory
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Second Opium War
Part of the Opium Wars ![]() Palikao's bridge, on the evening of the battle, by Émile Bayard |
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Victory
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Utah War
Part of the Mormon wars |
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Deseret/Utah Mormons (Nauvoo Legion) | Compromise
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Navajo Wars
Part of the American Indian Wars |
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Navajo | Victory
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Second Fiji Expedition
Part of the Fiji Expeditions |
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Fiji | Victory |
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
Part of pre-Civil War conflicts ![]() Harper's Weekly illustration of U.S. Marines attacking John Brown's "Fort" Teresa Baine |
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Abolitionist Insurgents | Victory |
First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861) |
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Victory |
Paiute War
Part of the American Indian Wars |
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Paiute Shoshone Bannock |
Victory
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American Civil War (1861–1865) Location: United States ![]() The Battle of Antietam, by Kurz & Allison. |
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Victory
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Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) Location: Arizona |
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Yavapai Apache Yuma Mohave |
Victory |
Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Location: Minnesota and Dakota ![]() The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota on August 19, 1862 |
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Victory
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Colorado War (1863–1865) |
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Victory
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Shimonoseki War (1863–1864) Location: Kanmon Straits Capture of a Choshu battery at Shimonoseki by British sailors and marines. |
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Victory
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Snake War (1864–1868) Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho |
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Paiute Bannock Shoshone |
Victory |
Powder River War (1865) Location: Powder River State |
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Stalemate |
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868) Location: Powder River State ![]() The Fetterman Massacre |
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Defeat
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Formosa Expedition (1867) Location: Southern Formosa (Taiwan) ![]() US Marines and Sailors attack Formosan pirates. |
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Paiwan | Defeat
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Comanche Campaign (1867–1875) Location: Western United States ![]() Battle of Beecher Island. One soldier and three horses have fallen, while others continue to wage the battle. |
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Victory
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United States expedition to Korea (1871) Location: Ganghwado ![]() American forces after capturing the Deokjin Fort during the Battle of Ganghwa in 1871. |
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Victory |
Modoc War (1872–1873) Location: California and Oregon ![]() Engraving of soldiers recovering the bodies of the slain May 3, 1873. |
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Victory
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Red River War (1874–1875) Location: Texas |
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Victory
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Las Cuevas War (1875) ![]() Texan soldiers. |
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Victory
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Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877) Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming ![]() Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn. |
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Victory
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Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877) |
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Victory |
Nez Perce War (1877) Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana ![]() Chief Joseph's band in the Battle of Bear Paw Mountain |
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Nez Perce Palouse |
Victory
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Bannock War (1878) |
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Bannock Shoshone Paiute |
Victory
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Cheyenne War (1878–1879) Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana ![]() Aftermath of the Battle of "The Pit." |
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Victory
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Sheepeater Indian War (1879) Location: Idaho |
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Shoshone | Victory |
Victorio's War (1879–1881) Location: Mexico |
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Apache | Victory
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White River War (1879–1880) Location: Colorado |
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Ute | Victory
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Pine Ridge Campaign (1890–1891) Location: South Dakota ![]() Mass grave for the dead Lakota after the conflict at Wounded Knee Creek. |
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Victory
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Garza Revolution (1891–1893) ![]() 3rd Cavalry Troopers searching a suspected Revolutionist, 1892 |
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Garzistas | Victory |
Yaqui Wars (1896–1918) ![]() 10th Cavalry soldiers holding Yaqui prisoners at their camp in Bear Valley, January 9, 1918. |
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Victory |
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) Location: Samoa ![]() Samoan warriors and American servicemen during the Siege of Apia in March 1899. |
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Compromise
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Spanish–American War (1898) Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam Teddy Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" charge Spanish positions during the Battle of San Juan Hill. |
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Victory
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Philippine–American War (1899–1902) Location: Philippines ![]() Kurz & Allison print of the Battle of Quingua. |
1899-1902![]() 1902-1906 |
1899-1902![]() Limited Foreign Support: 1902-1906 |
Victory
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Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) ![]() The 8th Infantry Regiment defeat the Moros in the four-day battle of Bagsak Mountain on Jolo Island in the Philippines. |
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China ![]() Corporal Titus, of the 14th Infantry Regiment, scaling the walls of Peking. |
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Victory
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20th-century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for the United States and its Allies |
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Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909) Location: Oklahoma ![]() Creek prisoners of war. |
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Creek | Victory |
Border War (1910–1919) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico–United States border American troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment rest for the night on 27 May 1916 |
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Victory
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Negro Rebellion (1912) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Cuba ![]() USS Mississippi in Cuba |
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Victory
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Occupation of Nicaragua (1912–1933) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Nicaragua ![]() US Marines holding a captured Sandinista flag. |
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Victory
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Bluff War (1914–1915) ![]() Prisoners of the Bluff War in Thompson, Utah, waiting to board a train for their trial in Salt Lake City. |
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Ute Paiute |
Victory |
Occupation of Veracruz (1914) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico ![]() American ships at Veracruz |
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Victory
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Occupation of Haiti (1915–1934) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Haiti ![]() 2nd Marine Regiment in Haiti |
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Victory
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Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Dominican Republic ![]() US Marines in the Occupation of the Dominican Republic. |
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Victory
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World War I (1914–1918) Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America ![]() Two US troops pass by dead German soldiers on a battlefield. |
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Victory
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Russian Civil War (1918–1920) Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran US troops march through Russia before the Battle of Romanovka. |
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Defeat
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Last Indian Uprising (1923) Location: Utah ![]() Ute and Paiute prisoners of war. |
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Ute Paiute |
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World War II (1939–1945) Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, North and South America ![]() U.S. Army Soldiers advancing at dawn in the cover of a M4 Sherman tank, during the Battle of Bougainville, 1944. |
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Victory
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Korean War (1950–1953) Part of the Cold War Location: Korea ![]() American soldiers in the Korean war with the Browning M1919A6 LMG. |
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Stalemate
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Operation Ajax (1953) Location: Tehran, Imperial State of Iran ![]() Coup supporters celebrating in Tehran |
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Victory
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Laotian Civil War (1953–1975) Part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War Location: Laos ![]() A U.S. Air Force Bell UH-1P from the 20th Special Operations Squadron "Green Hornets" at a base in Laos, 1970. |
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Defeat
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Lebanon Crisis (1958) Location: Lebanon ![]() US Marine sits in a foxhole and points his machine gun toward Beirut. |
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Victory
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Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War Location: Cuba |
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Defeat
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Vietnam War (1965–1973[lower-alpha 2], 1975[lower-alpha 3]) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos ![]() 1st Cavalry Division, Battle of Ia Drang, 1965. |
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Defeat
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Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965-1983) Part of the Cold War Location: Thailand ![]() Ta Ko Bi Cave, a former hideout used by communist rebels. |
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Victory
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Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969) Part of the Korean conflict and the Cold War Location: Korean Demilitarized Zone ![]() ROK and US troop stationed at the DMZ, 1967. |
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Victory
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Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) Location: Dominican Republic ![]() US soldiers push a child underneath a Jeep to protect him during a firefight in Santo Domingo on May 5, 1965. |
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Victory
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Insurgency in Bolivia (1966–1967) Part of the Cold War Location: Bolivia |
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Victory
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Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) Location: Cambodia ![]() US troops and tanks entering town in Cambodia. |
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Defeat
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War in South Zaire (1978) Location: Zaire |
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Victory
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Gulf of Sidra encounter (1981) Location: Gulf of Sidra |
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Victory
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Lebanese Civil War (1982–1984) Location: Lebanon ![]() US Marines on patrol in Beirut, April 1983 |
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Defeat
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Invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War Location: Grenada ![]() American soldiers in mortar positions in Grenada. |
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Victory
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Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) ![]() Libyan corvette obliterated after attempting to fire on US forces |
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Victory
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Bombing of Libya (1986) Location: Libya USAF F-111 taking off for Libya |
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Victory
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Tanker War (1987–1988) Location: Persian Gulf ![]() Iranian frigate Sahand after being attacked by U.S. aircraft. |
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Victory
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Tobruk encounter (1989) Location: Mediterranean Sea ![]() Gun camera depicting the last remaining MiG-23 fighters exploding after being shot down. |
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Victory
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Invasion of Panama (1989–1990) Location: Panama ![]() U.S. troops prepare to take a neighborhood in Panama City, December 1989. |
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Victory
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Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel ![]() M1 Abrams tanks of the 3rd Armored Division advance on Medina Ridge. |
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Victory
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Iraqi No-Fly Zone Enforcement Operations (1991–2003) Location: Iraq ![]() A Tomahawk cruise missile is fired from an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer during Operation Desert Fox in December 1998. |
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First Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1992–1995) Location: Somalia US Marines on patrol in Somalia. |
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Bosnian War (1992–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() Russian and American troops on a joint patrol around the Bosnian town of Zvornik on the afternoon of 29 February 1996. |
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Victory
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Intervention in Haiti (1994–1995) Location: Haiti ![]() US troops arrive in Haiti. |
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Victory
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Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Serbia ![]() Bombing of Novi Sad. |
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Operation Infinite Reach (1998) Location: Sudan and Afghanistan ![]() al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. |
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- ↑ Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords. Air Force and Special Ops continued some operations until April 1975; President Ford in a televised speech on April 23, 1975 declared the end of Vietnam War.
- ↑ The war reignited on 13 December 1974 with offensive operations by North Vietnam, leading to victory over South Vietnam in under two months.
21st-century wars
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for the United States and its Allies |
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War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Afghanistan ![]() American and British soldiers take a tactical pause during a combat patrol in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province. |
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Ongoing
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Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the War on Terror Location: Iraq ![]() Soldiers from 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment conduct security before a cordon and search operation in Biaj, Iraq with their M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank. |
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Victory
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War in North-West Pakistan (2004–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Pakistan ![]() MQ-1 Predator drones are typically used in covert bombing operations in the Federally administered tribal regions of Pakistan |
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War in Somalia (2007–present) Location: Somalia and Northeastern Kenya ![]() MQ-9 Reaper commonly used in covert drone strikes in Somalia. |
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Ongoing
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Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) Location: Indian Ocean ![]() A tall plume of black smoke rises from a destroyed pirate vessel that was struck by USS Farragut in March 2010. |
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Somali pirates | Victory
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American-led intervention in Libya (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis Location: Libya ![]() US vessels launch missiles in support of the Libyan Civil War. |
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Victory
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Operation Observant Compass
(2011-2017) Location: Uganda ![]() U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph Bergeron, a task force combat engineer, explains combat marksmanship tactics to a group of Ugandan soldiers. |
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American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2017) Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Iraqi Civil War, the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, and the International ISIS campaign Location: Iraq General Stephen J. Townsend observes a HIMARS strike that destroyed a building near Haditha, September 2016 |
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Victory
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American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present) Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian Civil War and the International ISIS campaign Location: Syria ![]() USS Ross fires Tomahawk missiles towards Shayrat Military Base, during the 2017 retaliatory strike against the Syrian government. |
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Ongoing
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Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Location: Yemen ![]() U.S. Naval vessel patrolling along the coastline of Yemen enforcing the American-Saudi blockade against Iran. |
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Ongoing
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American intervention in Libya (2015–present) Part of the Second Libyan Civil War Location: Libya |
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Ongoing
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See also
References
- ↑ The Nation. J.H. Richards. 1889. pp. 256–.
- ↑ "History: World War I".
- ↑ "Communist Insurgency In Thailand" (PDF). CIA Report. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- 1 2 "Anatomy of a Counterinsurgency Victory" (PDF). January 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ↑ "Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes". September 23, 1982.
- ↑ "The Collapse of Lebanon's Army: U.S. Said to Ignore Factionalism". March 11, 1984.
- ↑ http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a432768.pdf
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=IgznBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=nato+victory+kosovo&source=bl&ots=YH-AZGJi0C&sig=0jw5mbU6B0SmQhv_sxky4YaLVfg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHjPKLke3dAhULw1kKHTI3AKY4FBDoATAEegQIAhAB#v=onepage&q=nato%20victory%20kosovo&f=false
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/07/world/nato-was-closer-to-ground-war-in-kosovo-than-is-widely-realized.html
- ↑ https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/isec.2009.34.1.83?journalCode=isec
- ↑ "Central Asian groups split over leadership of global jihad". The Long War Journal. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". MSNBC. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
- 1 2 "The JRTN Movement and Iraq's Next Insurgency | Combating Terrorism Center at West Point". Ctc.usma.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
- ↑ Michael Petrou (9 September 2011). "The decline of al-Qaeda". Maclean's.
George W. Bush gambled on surging thousands more troops to the embattled country. It paid off. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is now a diminished force without territory.
- ↑ Spencer C. Tucker. U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and the War on Terror. ISBN 1440838798.
Al Qaeda in Iraq was decimated by the end of the Iraq War in 2011
- ↑ Galbraith, Peter W. (2007). The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End. Simon & Schuster. p. 74. ISBN 978-0743294249.
- ↑ "Iran expands regional 'empire' ahead of nuclear deal". Reuters.
- ↑ "How to Stop Iran's Growing Hegemony – National Review Online". National Review Online.
- ↑ "Al-Qaeda's Resurgence in Iraq: A Threat to U.S. Interests". U.S. Department of State. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ↑ "Somali piracy is down 90 per cent from last year". The Journal. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ Holmes, Oliver (24 January 2012). "UPDATE 1-Anger, chaos but no revolt after Libya violence". Bani Walid. Reuters Africa. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ↑ Baddorf, Zack (20 April 2017). "Uganda Ends Its Hunt for Joseph Kony Empty-Handed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
External links
- Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
- Conflict Barometer – Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements
- A Continent Divided: The U.S.-Mexico War, Center for Greater Southwestern Studies, the University of Texas at Arlington
- Timeline of wars involving the United States, Histropedia
- U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts, Congressional Research Service