List of wars involving the United States
In the list below the dates indicate the years in which the United States of America was involved in the war.
The list below is courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States (copied from wikipedia 10/25/2013)
Another wonderful history site to examine is The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
War or conflict's name(s) | Campaign or Theater | Opponent(s) | Time | Conclusion(s) |
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American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence |
Great Britain Loyalists Iroquois Cherokee |
September 1, 1774 - September 3, 1783 |
American victory Treaty of Paris Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America |
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Western theater of the American Revolutionary War part of the American Revolutionary War |
American Indians Great Britain |
1775 - 1778 |
Military stalemate, United States diplomatic victory; Spanish Louisiana successfully defended | |
Southern Theater Part of the American Revolutionary War |
Great Britain | 1775 - 1782 |
Decisive Franco/American victory Surrender of British army at Yorktown |
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Invasion of Canada (1775) or Canadian Campaign part of the American Revolutionary War |
Great Britain Canadian militia |
June 1775 - October 1776 |
American defeat, Defeat of Colonial invasion; British counter-offensive | |
Chickamauga Wars (1776-1794) Part of the American Revolutionary War |
American Indians Great Britain Cherokee Shawnee Seminole Ojibway Creek Chickamauga Meskwaki Miami Mingo Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot |
1776 - 1794 |
Decisive American victory:
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New York and New Jersey Campaign Part of the American Revolutionary War |
Great Britain Hesse-Kassel Waldeck-Pyrmont |
July 1776 - March 1777 |
New York: British gain control of New York City, British victory New Jersey: Americans lose and then regain control of New Jersey, American victory |
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Philadelphia Campaign part of the American Revolutionary War |
Great Britain Hesse-Kassel Ansbach-Bayreuth |
1777 - 1778 |
British occupation then evacuation of Philadelphia | |
Saratoga Campaign part of the American Revolutionary War |
Great Britain Brunswick-luneburg Hesse-Hanau Iroquois Confederation (except Oneida (tribe)s) |
June 14, 1777 - October 17, 1777 |
Decisive American victory:
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Northern Theater Part of the American Revolutionary War |
Great Britain | 1778 - 1782 |
???[clarification needed] | |
Gulf Coast campaign Part of the American Revolutionary War |
Great Britain Choctaw Creek |
1779 - 1782 |
Decisive Spanish/American victory | |
Yorktown Campaign Part of the American Revolutionary War |
Great Britain Ansbach-Bayreuth Hesse-Kassel |
January - October, 1781 |
Decisive Franco/American victory | |
Northwest Indian War or Little Turtle's War or Miami Campaign |
Western Confederacy Canadian Militia |
1785 - 1795 |
American victory, Treaty of Greenville | |
Quasi-War or Franco-American War or Half War |
French Republic | 1798 - 1800 |
Indecisive American victory:
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First Barbary War or Barbary Coast War or Tripolitan War |
Vilayet of Tripoli Morocco |
1801 - 1805 |
American victory, peace treaty | |
Tecumseh's War or Tecumseh's Rebellion |
Tecumseh's Confederacy | August - November 1811 |
American victory, peace treaty | |
War of 1812 or Second War of Independence |
British Empire Shawnee Red Sticks Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot |
June 18, 1812 - March 23, 1815 |
Treaty of Ghent Status quo ante bellum |
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Atlantic Theater Part of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | 1812 - 1815 |
British blockade of America: | |
Chesapeake Campaign Part of the Atlantic Theater of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | 1813 - 1814 |
Inconclusive: | |
Great Lakes and Western Theater Part of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | 1812 - 1815 |
American control of Lake Erie, British control of remaining four lake: | |
Canadian Campaign Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | 1812 - 1813 |
Indecisive: | |
American Northwest Campaign Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | 1813 | Inconclusive: | |
American West Campaign Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | 1813 - 1814 |
Inconclusive, British maintain control of Fort Mackinac: | |
Niagara Frontier Campaign Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | American invasion force defeated: | ||
St. Lawrence and Lower Canada Campaign Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | |||
Niagara and Plattsburgh Campaigns Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | 1814 | Inconclusive, Americans regain control of Lake Champlain: | |
Southern Theater Part of the War of 1812 |
British Empire | 1814 - 1815 |
Decisive American victory: | |
Creek War Part of the Southern Theater of the War of 1812 |
Red Stick Creek | 1813 - 1814 |
American/Allied Native American victory | |
Second Barbary War or Algerian War |
Algiers | 1815 | American victory | |
West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations | Caribbean Pirates | 1817 - 1825 |
American victory | |
First Seminole War | Seminole Spanish Florida |
November 22, 1817 - April 12, 1818 |
American victory | |
African Anti-Slavery Operations | African Slave Traders | 1819 - 1861 |
Atlantic slave trade suppressed by 1861 | |
Callao Affair | Spain | November 5 - 6, 1820 |
Spanish vow to punish those responsible for attacks on American shipping. | |
Arikara War | Arikara | 1823 | The Arikara eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota | |
Aegean Anti-Piracy Operations | Greek Pirates | 1825 - 1828 |
United States victory | |
Winnebago War or Le Fèvre Indian War |
Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks, with a few allies | 1827 | United States victory; Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States | |
First Sumatran Expedition | Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | February 6 - February 9, 1832 |
United States victory | |
Black Hawk War or Black Hawk Campaign |
Black Hawk's British Band, with Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies | May-August 1832 | United States victory | |
Second Seminole War or Florida War |
Seminole | December 23, 1835 - August 14, 1842 |
3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory, 300 remain in Everglades | |
United States Exploring Expedition | Fiji
Samoa Tabiteuea |
1838 - 1842 |
Successful expedition, victory in battle with aboriginals | |
Second Sumatran Expedition | Chiefdom of Quallah Battoo | December 1838 - January 1839 |
United States victory, Malays agree to cease attacks on American vessels | |
Capture of Monterey | Mexico | October 19-20, 1842 | United States captures Monterey | |
Battle of Kororareka | Māori | March 11, 1845 | Māori victory | |
Mexican-American War or Mexican War |
Mexico | April 25, 1846 - February 2, 1848 |
Decisive United States victory:
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Texas Campaign Part of the Mexican-American War |
Mexico | 1846 | Decisive US victory: All Mexican forces pushed out of State of Texas, Mexican bandits suppressed | |
Conquest of California Part of the Mexican-American War |
Mexico | 1846 - 1847 |
Decisive US victory:
United States annexed the Republic of California
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New Mexico and Arizona Campaign Part of the Mexican-American War |
Mexico | 1846 - 1847 |
Decisive US victory:
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Pacific Coast Campaign Part of the Mexican-American War |
Mexico | 1847 - 1848 |
Decisive US victory
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Mexico City Campaign Part of the Mexican-American War |
Mexico | 1847 | Decisive US victory
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Cayuse War | Cayuse | 1847 - 1855 |
United States victory | |
Pitt River Expedition | Tolowa Nomlaki Chimariko Wintun |
April 28 - September 13, 1850 |
???[clarification needed] | |
Apache Wars | Apache Ute Yavapai |
1851 - 1900 |
Decisive American victory, Apaches moved to reservations |
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Bombardment of San Juan del Norte or Bombardment of Greytown |
Nicaragua | July 13, 1854 | United States victory, town severely damaged | |
Puget Sound War | Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit |
1855 - 1856 |
Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations | |
Rogue River Wars | Rogue River people | 1855 - 1856 |
Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations | |
Third Seminole War or Billy Bowlegs War |
Seminole | 1855 - 1858 |
United States victory | |
Yakima War | Yakama | 1855 - 1858 |
American victory, peace treaty | |
Battle of Ty-ho Bay | Chinese Pirates | August 4, 1855 | Anglo-American victory | |
First Fiji Expedition | Fiji | October 1855 | United States victory in battle, objective failed | |
Second Opium War or Second Anglo-Chinese War or Second China War |
Qing Dynasty | 1856 - 1859 |
Treaty of Tianjin June 18, 1858 | |
Navajo Wars | Navajo | 1858 - 1866 |
United States victory, Long Walk of the Navajo | |
Second Fiji Expedition | Fiji | 6-16 October 1858 | United States victory | |
Paraguay Expedition | Paraguay | 1859 | Paraguay extended an apology to the United States, indemnified the family of the slain Water Witch crewman, and granted the United States a new and highly advantageous commercial treaty | |
Paiute War or Paiute Indian War or Pyramid Lake War |
Paiute Bannock Shoshone |
1860 | United States victory | |
Reform War | Conservatives | March 6, 1860 | United States victory | |
American Civil War or War Between the States |
Confederate States of America | April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865 |
Union victory:
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Eastern Theater Part of the American Civil War |
Confederate States of America | 1861 - 1865 |
Union victory | |
Western Theater Part of the American Civil War |
Confederate States of America | 1861 - 1865 |
Union victory | |
Lower Seaboard Theater Part of the American Civil War |
Confederate States of America | 1862 - 1865 |
Union victory | |
Pacific Coast Theater Part of the American Civil War |
Confederate States of America | 1862 - 1865 |
Union victory | |
Trans-Mississippi Theater Part of the American Civil War |
Confederate States of America | 1862 - 1865 |
Union victory | |
Bombardment of Qui Nhơn or Cochinchina Campaign |
Nguyen Dynasty | July 31, 1861 | United States victory, fort silenced | |
Dakota War of 1862 or Sioux Uprising or Sioux Outbreak of 1862 |
Dakota Sioux | August 17 - December 26, 1862 |
United States victory | |
Colorado War | Cheyenne Arapaho |
1863 - 1865 |
United States victory | |
Battles for Shimonoseki | Chōshū Domain | July 20, 1863 - September 6, 1864 |
Decisive Allied victory | |
Snake War | Paiute Bannock Shoshone |
1864 - 1868 |
United States victory | |
Powder River Expedition or Connor Expedition |
Sioux Cheyenne Arapaho |
1865 | United States victory; raids along Bozeman trail stopped | |
Red Cloud's War or Bozeman War or Powder River War |
Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho |
1866 - 1868 |
Indian victory:
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Comanche Campaign or Comanche War |
Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa |
1867 - 1875 |
United States victory | |
Formosa Expedition or Taiwan Expedition of 1867 |
Paiwan | June 1867 | United States objectives failed | |
Korean Expedition or Shinmiyangyo |
Joseon Dynasty | June 1, 1871 - July 3, 1871 |
United States military victory, United States diplomatic failure; Korean-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce | |
Modoc War or Modoc Campaign or Lava Beds War |
Modoc | July 6, 1872 - June 4, 1873 |
United States victory | |
Red River War | Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa |
June 27, 1874 - June 1875 |
United States victory; end to the Texas-Indian Wars | |
Black Hills War or Great Sioux War of 1876-77 or Little Big Horn Campaign |
Lakota Northern Cheyenne Arapaho |
1876 - 1877 |
United States victory | |
Nez Perce War or Nez Perce Campaign |
Nez Perce | 1877 | United States victory | |
Bannock War or Bannock Campaign |
Bannock Shoshone |
1878 | United States victory | |
Cheyenne War or Cheyenne Campaign |
Cheyenne | 1878 - 1879 |
United States victory | |
Sheepeater Indian War | Shoshone | 1879 | United States victory | |
White River War or Ute War or Ute Campaign |
Ute | 1879 - 1880 |
United States victory | |
Pine Ridge Campaign or Ghost Dance War |
Sioux | November 1890 - January 1891 |
United States victory | |
Second Samoan Civil War | Mataafans | 1898 - 1899 |
Mataafan victory, Mata'afa Iosefo becomes high chief of Samoa; United States acquires American Samoa, Germany acquires German Samoa | |
Spanish-American War | Spain | April 25 - August 12, 1898 |
United States victory:
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Caribbean Theater Part of the Spanish-American War |
Spain | 1898 | US victory | |
Cuban Campaign Part of the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish-American War |
Spain | 1898 | US victory | |
Puerto Rican Campaign Part of the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish-American War |
Spain | 1898 | Militarily inconclusive, Spain cedes Puerto Rico in accordance with the accords of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 | |
Pacific Theater Part of the Spanish-American War |
Spain | 1898 | US victory | |
Guam Campaign Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Spanish-American War |
Spain | 1898 | United States victory:
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Philippine Campaign Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Spanish-American War |
Spain | 1898 | Expulsion of the Spanish colonial government during Spanish-American War (1898) | |
Moro Rebellion | Sultanate of Sulu Moro |
1899 - 1913 |
United States victory | |
Philippine-American War or Philippine War of Independence or Philippine Insurrection |
First Philippine Republic Revolutionary forces Pulajanes |
June 2, 1899 - July 4, 1902 |
United States victory and dissolution of the First Philippine Republic; The Philippine Islands becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States | |
Boxer Rebellion or The Boxer Uprising |
Righteous Harmony Society Qing Empire |
September 28, 1899 - August 15, 1900 |
Alliance victory | |
Occupation of Nicaragua or Nicaraguan Campaign |
Liberal rebels | 1912 - 1933 |
United States victory | |
Mexican Revolution or Mexican Expedition or Pancho Villa Expedition |
Mexico Yaqui |
April 21, 1914 - June 16, 1919 |
Porfirio Diaz ousted from power and exiled in France, Convention of Aguascalientes between revolutionary leaders, Mexican Constitution of 1917 enacted, assassination of important revolutionary leaders Madero, Zapata and Carranza, founding of the National Revolutionary Party | |
Occupation of Haiti or Haitian Campaign or Caco War |
Haiti Caco rebels |
July 28, 1915 - August 1, 1934 |
United States victory, Cacos defeated, Haiti occupied. | |
Occupation of the Dominican Republic or Dominican Campaign |
Dominican Republic | 1916 - 1924 |
United States victory, Dominican Republic occupied. | |
World War I or First World War or Great War |
Germany Austria-Hungary |
1917 - 1918 |
Armistice with Germany November 11, 1918 Paris Peace Conference 1919 Treaty of Berlin (August 25, 1921) Treaty of Trianon (in part) Allied victory:
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Asian and Pacific Theatre Part of World War I |
Germany | 1917 - 1918 |
Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles | |
European Theatre Part of World War I |
Germany Austria-Hungary |
1917 - 1918 |
Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | |
Italian Campaign Part of the European Theatre of World War I |
Germany Austria-Hungary |
1917 - 1918 |
Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles | |
Western Front Part of the European Theatre of World War I |
Germany Austria-Hungary |
1917 - 1918 |
Allied victory; Collapse of the German Empire. | |
First Battle of the Atlantic Part of World War I |
Germany | 1917 - 1918 |
Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles | |
Russian Civil War | Russia | 1918 - 1920 |
Allied withdrawal from Russia | |
North Russia Campaign Part of the Russian Civil War |
Russia | 1918 - 1920 |
Allied withdrawal | |
Siberian Intervention Part of the Russian Civil War |
Russia | 1918 - 1920 |
Allied withdrawal | |
World War II or Second World War |
Nazi Germany Empire of Japan Fascist Italy Italian Social Republic Hungary Romania Bulgaria Finland Thailand Croatia |
December 7, 1941 - September 2, 1945 |
Allied victory:
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Pacific War Part of World War II |
Empire of Japan | 1941 - 1945 |
Decisive Allied victory End of World War II:
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Burma Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | January 1942 - July 1945 |
Decisive Allied victory, leading to later Independence of Burma in 1948 | |
Solomon Islands Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | January 1942 - August 21, 1945 |
Decisive Allied victory | |
New Guinea Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | January 23, 1942 - August 1945 |
Allied victory | |
Aleutian Islands Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | June 3, 1942 - August 15, 1943 |
Allied victory | |
Guadalcanal Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | August 7, 1942 - February 9, 1943 |
Strategic Allied victory | |
Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | November, 1943 - February 1944 |
Allied victory | |
Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | June - November 1944 |
American victory | |
Philippines Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan Second Philippine Republic |
October 20, 1944 - September 2, 1945 |
Allied victory; Allied forces liberate the Philippines | |
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan |
January - June 1945 |
Allied victory | |
Japan Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | February 16 - July 23, 1945 |
Allied victory | |
Borneo Campaign Part of the Pacific War of World War II |
Empire of Japan | May 1 - August 1, 1945 |
Allied victory; the Japanese are pushed further from Australia | |
Second Battle of the Atlantic Part of World War II |
Germany Italy Vichy France |
1941 - 1945 |
Decisive Allied victory | |
Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters Part of World War II |
Germany Italy Vichy France Italian Social Republic |
1941 - 1945 |
Allied victory | |
Egypt-Libya Campaign Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II |
Germany | 1942 - 1943 |
Allied forces finally succeed in driving all Axis forces out of Libya | |
Algeria-French Morocco Campaign Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II |
Vichy France Germany (naval participation in Morocco) |
November 8-16, 1942 | Allied victory | |
Tunisia Campaign Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II |
Germany Italy |
November 17, 1942 - May 13, 1943 |
Decisive Allied victory | |
Sicily Campaign Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II |
Italy Germany |
July 9 - August 17, 1943 |
Allied victory | |
European Theater Part of World War II |
Germany Italy Vichy France Italian Social Republic Hungary |
1943 - 1945 |
Decisive Allied victory:
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Naples-Foggia Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany Italy (to 8 September) |
September 3, 1943 - September 16, 1943 |
Allied victory | |
Anzio Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany Italian Social Republic |
January 22, 1944 - June 4, 1944 |
Operation successful; VI Corps established beachhead; Battle of Anzio followed | |
Rome-Arno Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany | January 22, 1944 - September 9, 1944 |
German resistance crumbled | |
Normandy Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany | June 6, 1944 - mid-July 1944 |
Decisive Allied victory | |
Northern France Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany | June 6 - August 15, 1944 |
Decisive Allied victory | |
Southern France Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany | August 15, 1944 - September 14, 1944 |
Allied victory | |
North Apennines Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany Italian Social Republic |
August 25 - December 17, 1944 |
Inconclusive | |
Rhineland Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany | August 25, 1944 - March 1945 |
Allied victory | |
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany | December 16, 1944 - January 18, 1945 |
Allied victory | |
Central Europe Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany | February 8, 1945 - May 8, 1945 |
Allied victory | |
Po Valley Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II |
Germany Italian Social Republic |
April 6, 1945 - May 2, 1945 |
Decisive Allied victory:
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Cold War | Soviet Union Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Romania East Germany Albania People's Republic of China North Korea Cuba North Vietnam Khmer Rouge Afghanistan Grenada |
1947 - 1991 |
Dissolution of the USSR | |
Korean War or Korean Conflict or The Forgotten War Part of the Cold War |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea People's Republic of China Soviet Union Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Romania |
1950 - 1953 |
Cease-fire armistice, North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled, UN invasion of North Korea repelled, Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled, Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis | |
Merklín Incident Part of the Cold War |
Czechoslovakia | March 10, 1953 | American F-84 shot down | |
First Indochina War or French Indochina War Part of the Cold War |
Democratic Republic of Vietnam Pathet Lao Khmer Issarak People's Republic of China Soviet Union |
1950 - 1954 |
Geneva Conference Departure of the French from Indochina |
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Bay of Pigs Invasion Part of the Cold War |
Cuba | 1961 | Invasion expelled | |
Vietnam War or Vietnam Conflict or Second Indochina War Part of the Cold War |
North Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF) People's Republic of China Soviet Union |
1953 - 1973 |
Peace treaty between Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) signed at Paris Peace Accords. Armed forces of the American forces withdraw from Indochina. | |
1975 Spring Offensive or Vietnam War or Vietnam Conflict Part of the Cold War |
North Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF) People's Republic of China Soviet Union |
1975 | Paris Peace Accord broken. Dissolution annexation of the Republic of Vietnam by Democratic Republic of Vietnam. South Vietnamese Vietnamese boat people granted asylum by the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, and Japan | |
Laotian Civil War or Secret War Part of the Second Indochina War of the Cold War |
Pathet Lao North Vietnam |
1953 - 1975 |
Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic | |
Cambodian Civil War Part of the Second Indochina War of the Cold War |
National United Front of Kampuchea Khmer Rouge North Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF) |
1970 - 1975 |
Fall of the Khmer Republic to the Khmer Rouge; creation of Democratic Kampuchea; Beginning of Cambodian Genocide | |
Congo Crisis part of the Cold War |
Congo (Stanleyville) Simba Maoists Soviet Union Cuba United Arab Republic Algeria Congo-Brazzaville Tanzania Burundi People's Republic of China Katanga South Kasai Belgium South Africa Rhodesia |
June 30, 1960 - November 25, 1965 |
United States victory, Joseph Mobutu seizes power, start of Zaire | |
Invasion of the Dominican Republic or Operation Power Pack Part of the Cold War |
Dominican Republic Supported by: Cuba |
April 28, 1965 - September 1966 |
United States victory, Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer | |
Soviet war in Afghanistan or Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan or Soviet-Afghan War part of the Cold War |
Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
December 24, 1979 - February 15, 1989 |
United States victory, beginning of Taliban and Al Qaeda | |
Invasion of Grenada or Operation Urgent Fury Part of the Cold War |
Grenada Cuba |
25 October - 15 December 1983 |
Decisive United States/CPF victory | |
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s or Operation Blue Bat |
Puerto Rican nationalists | October 30, 1950 | United States victory | |
1958 Lebanon crisis or Operation Blue Bat |
Lebanese Rebels | July 15 - October 25, 1958 |
Opposition successfully intimidated[clarification needed] | |
Colombian Conflict | Guerrillas | 1964-present | conflict ongoing | |
1981 Gulf of Sidra incident or First Gulf of Sidra Incident |
Libya | August 19, 1981 | US victory; Deterioration of Libya-United States relations | |
Lebanese Civil War or Multinational Force in Lebanon |
Shia militia Druze miltia Syria |
August 24, 1982 - February 7, 1984 |
Withdrawal starting February 7 | |
Action in the Gulf of Sidra or Operation Prairie Fire |
Libya | March 1986 | Tactical US victory | |
Bombing of Libya or Operation El Dorado Canyon |
Libya | April 15, 1986 | Tactical US victory | |
Iran-Iraq War or Operation Earnest Will or Tanker War |
Iran | 1987 - 1988 |
Operation Prime Chance, Operation Nimble Archer, Operation Praying Mantis; United States victory | |
1989 Gulf of Sidra incident or Second Gulf of Sidra Incident |
Libya | January 4, 1989 | Both sides claimed victory; Deterioration of Libya-United States relations | |
Invasion of Panama or Operation Just Cause |
Panama PDF | December 20, 1989 - January 31, 1990 |
Decisive United States victory | |
Gulf War or Persian Gulf War or Operation Desert Storm |
Iraq | August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991 |
Coalition victory:
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Iraqi no-fly zones | Iraq | 1991 - 2003 |
Operation Provide Comfort, Operation Southern Watch, Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (June 1993), Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (1996), Operation Northern Watch, Operation Desert Fox, Operation Southern Focus; Coalition victory | |
Somali Civil War or Operation Restore Hope |
Various Somali factions | 1992 - 1994 |
Multinational success | |
Bosnian War or Operation Deliberate Force |
Republika Srpska | 1993 - 1995 |
Dayton Accords | |
Operation Uphold Democracy | Haiti | 19 September 1994 - 31 March 1995 |
Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti |
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Bombings of Afghanistan and Sudan or Operation Infinite Reach |
Al-Qaeda Harkat-ul-Mujahideen National Islamic Front |
August 20, 1998 | Disputed | |
Kosovo War or Operation Allied Force or Operation Noble Anvil |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | March 24 - June 10, 1999 |
Kumanovo Treaty, UN Security Council Resolution 1244; Reflagged as KFOR in 1999 in support of Operation Joint Guardian | |
War on Terror | Al-Qaeda Taliban Caucasian militants Al-Shabaab Islamic Courts Union Iraqi insurgents Hamas Hezbollah Baath Party Loyalists |
7 October 2001 - present |
Ongoing:
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Operation Enduring Freedom Part of the War on Terror |
In Afghanistan:
In the Philippines: In Somalia:
In Sahara: |
7 October 2001 - present |
Conflicts ongoing;
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War in Afghanistan or Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror |
Insurgent groups:
2001 Invasion: |
October 7, 2001 - present |
Conflict ongoing:
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Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines or Operation Freedom Eagle Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror |
Jemaah Islamiyah Abu Sayyaf Rajah Sulaiman Movement al-Qaeda |
15 January 2002 - present |
Conflict ongoing | |
Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror |
Insurgents:
al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (Dis)Islamic Courts Union (Dis) See: Somali Civil War Pirates:
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7 October 2002 - present |
Conflict ongoing | |
Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror |
al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb | 6 February 2007 - present |
Conflict ongoing | |
Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom Part of the War on Terror |
Insurgent groups: Baath Party Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq (2003-11) Mahdi Army Special Groups Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah |
March 20, 2003 - December 15, 2011 |
United States/Coalition victory, Coalition combat operations concluded, low level internal conflict ongoing:
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War in North-West Pakistan or Operation Freedom Eagle Part of the War on Terror |
Taliban Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan TNSM Al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Ghazi Force |
March 16, 2004 - present |
Conflict ongoing:
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Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown Part of the War on Terror |
Islamic Emirate of Abyan al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen |
January 14, 2010 - present |
Conflict ongoing | |
Second Liberian Civil War | Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy Movement for Democracy in Liberia |
2003 | US forces withdraw in 2003 after UNMIL is established | |
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency | Lord's Resistance Army supported by: Sudan |
October 2011 - Present |
Crisis ongoing | |
2011 Libyan civil war or Operation Odyssey Dawn |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:
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March 19 - October 23, 2011 |
Coalition victory:
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