List of wars involving the United States

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This is a list of direct armed conflicts involving the United States of America since its founding during the American
Revolution.

Contents
1 18th century wars
2 19th century wars
3 20th century wars
4 21st century wars
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

18th century wars

 Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
American Revolutionary War United States Great Britain Victory
(1775–1783) France Loyalists
German Auxiliaries Treaty of Paris
Location: Eastern North America, Britain recognizes the
Gibraltar, British India, Caribbean Canadian Iroquois independence of the
Sea, and the Atlantic Auxiliaries United States of America
Onondaga
Spain Mohawk
Cayuga
Iroquois Seneca
Oneida Cherokee

Tuscarora

Watauga
The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, Association
which began negotiations between Catawba
Great Britain and the United States. Lenape
Choctaw

Netherlands

Mysore

Chickamunga War United States Cherokee Victory

(1776–1795)

Location: Old Southwest

Abduction of Daniel Boone's daughter

by the Cherokee

Northwest Indian War United States Western Confederacy Victory

(1785–1793) Chickasaw List
Choctaw Treaty of Greenville
Council of
Location: Northwest Territory British withdrawal
Three Fires
American occupation of
Iroquois
the Northwest Territory
Confederacy
Seven
Nations of
Canada
Wabash
Confederacy
(Wea,
Piankashaw,
The Battle of Fallen Timbers and others)
 Illini
Confederacy
Wyandot
Mississaugas
Menominee
Shawnee
Lenape
Miami
Kickapoo
Kaskaskia
Chickamauga
Cherokee (or
"Lower
Cherokee")
Upper
Muscogee

Great Britain

British North
America

Shays' Rebellion United States Anti-Government Victory

(1786–1787) Protesters
Problems with the Articles
Location: Massachusetts of Confederation spur U.S.
Constitutional Convention

Shays' troops are repulsed from the

armory at Springfield, Massachusetts
in early 1787.

Whiskey Rebellion United States Frontier tax protesters Victory

(1791–1794)
Armed resistance
Location: Western Pennsylvania eliminated.
Minor tax evasion

George Washington reviews troops

before their march to suppress the
rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

Quasi-War United States France Indecisive

(1798–1800)
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars Co-belligerent: Guadeloupe Peaceful cessation of
Great Britain Franco-American alliance
Co-belligerent: End of French privateer
Spain attacks on American
Location: Atlantic Ocean, the shipping
Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the American neutrality and
Mediterranean renunciation of claims
against France

USS Constellation vs. L'Insurgente

19th century wars

 Result for the
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 United States and/or
its Allies
First Barbary War United States Eyalet of Tripolitania Victory
(1801–1805) Sweden
Part of the Barbary Wars Sultanate of Peace treaty
Morocco
Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of
Tripoli.

Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon at Derna,

April 1805.

1811 German Coast Uprising United States Rebel slaves Victory

(1811)
Supported by: Suppression
Location: Territory of Orleans Haiti and later trials

Tecumseh's War United States Tecumseh's Confederacy Victory

(1811) List
Peace treaty
Shawnee
Location: Northwest River Ohio
Red Sticks
Ojibway
Chickamauga
Meskwaki
Iroquois
Miami
Mingo
Odawa
Kickapoo
Lenape
Mascouten
The Battle of Tippecanoe Potawatomi
Sauk
Wyandot

War of 1812 United States United Kingdom Stalemate

(1812–1815) Choctaw
Cherokee Nation British North
Treaty of Ghent;
Location: Eastern and Central North America Creek Allies America Status quo ante
bellum with no
Tecumseh's Confederacy boundary changes

List British assault

Shawnee on Sacket's
Red Sticks Harbor
Ojibway repulsed
Chickamauga American
Meskwaki invasions of
Iroquois British North
Miami America
repulsed
 Mingo British
Odawa invasions of
Kickapoo the United
Lenape States repulsed
Mascouten Defeat of
Potawatomi Tecumseh's
Sauk Confederacy
Wyandot

Spain (1814)
General Andrew Jackson stands on
the parapet of his makeshift defenses
as his troops repulse attacking
Highlanders, by painter Edward Percy
Moran in 1910.

Creek War United States Red Stick Creek Victory

(1813–1814) Lower Creeks
Cherokee Nation Treaty of Fort
Location: Southern United States Choctaw Jackson

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, 1814

Second Barbary War United States Regency of Algiers Victory

(1815)
Part of the Barbary Wars Peace treaty

Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary

states.

Decatur's Squadron off Algiers.

First Seminole War United States Seminole Victory

(1817–1818)
Spanish Florida
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke near Tampa Bay.

Texas-Indian wars Spain Comanche Victory

(1820–1875)

Location: Texas Mexico

Republic of
Texas
United States

A Kiowa ledger drawing depicting a battle between

Southern Plains Indians and the U.S. Army during
the Red River War.

Arikara War United States Arikara Victory

(1823)
The Arikara
Location: Missouri River eventually
settled with the
Mandan and
Hidatsa on the
Fort Berthold
Reservation in
North Dakota

Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations United States Greek Pirates Victory

(1825–1828)
Defeat of
Location: Off Greece, Aegean Sea Greek pirates
HMS Comet
liberated by
American
forces
Message of
thanks issued
to Louis
Goldsborough
from the
British
Greek pirate boats attacking the HMS government
Comet.

Winnebago War United States Prairie La Crosse Ho- Victory

(1827) Chunks
Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory with a few allies Ho-Chunks
cede lead
mining region
to the United
States

First Sumatran expedition United States Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory

(1832) Netherlands

Location: Aceh Sultanate

U.S. Infantry assaulting the Acehnese

forts at Kuala Batu in 1832.

Black Hawk War United States Black Hawks British Victory

(1832) Ho-Chunk Band
Menominee Ho-Chunk and
Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory Dakota Potawatomi allies
Potawatomi

Native women and children fleeing

the Battle of Bad Axe.

Second Seminole War United States Seminole Victory

(1835–1842)
3,800
Location: Florida, United States Seminoles
transported to
the Indian
Territory
300 remain in
Everglades

U.S. Marines search for Seminoles in

the Everglades

Second Sumatran expedition United States Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory

(1838) Netherlands

Location: Aceh Sultanate

Mexican–American War United States Mexico Victory

(1846–1848) California
Republic Treaty of
Location: Texas, New Mexico, California, and Guadalupe
Mexico Hidalgo
Mexican
Cession
Mexican
recognition of
Texas and
California
(among other
territories) as
independent;
end of conflict
2nd Dragoons charge the enemy at the
between
Battle of Resaca de la Palma, 1846.
Mexico and
Texas

Cayuse War United States Cayuse Victory

(1847–1855)

Location: Oregon

Apache Wars United States Apache Victory

(1851–1900) Ute
Yavapai Apaches
Location: Southwestern United States moved to
reservations

US Cavalry dash for cover while

fighting Apaches, by F. Remington

Puget Sound War United States Nisqually Victory

(1855–1856) Snoqualmie Muckleshoot
Puyallup Indians
Location: Washington Klickitat relocated to
Haida Siletz, Grand
Tlingit Ronde, and
Coast
Reservations

First Fiji Expedition United States Fiji Victory

(1855)

Location: Fiji

Rogue River Wars United States Rogue River people Victory

(1855–1856)
Indians
Location: Rogue Valley relocated to
 Siletz, Grand
Ronde, and
Coast
Reservations

Third Seminole War United States Seminole Victory

(1855–1858)

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Yakima War United States Yakama Victory

(1855–1858) Snoqualmie Walla Walla tribe
Umatilla tribe Peace treaty
Location: Washington Territory Nez Perce tribe
Cayuse tribe

Seattleites evacuate to the town blockhouse as

USS Decatur opens fire on advancing tribal forces.

Second Opium War British Qing dynasty Victory

(1856–1859) Empire
French Treaties of
Location: China Empire Tientsin
United States Southern
Kowloon ceded
to the United
Kingdom

Palikao's bridge, on the evening of the

battle, by Émile Bayard

Utah War United States Deseret / Utah Mormons Resolution

(1857–1858) (Nauvoo Legion)
Resolution
Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming through
negotiation
Brigham
Young replaced
as governor of
the territory
Full amnesty
for charges of
sedition and
treason issued
to the citizens
 of Utah
Territory by
President
James
Buchanan on
the condition
that they accept
American
Federal
authority

Navajo Wars United States Navajo Victory

(1858–1866)
Long Walk of
Location: New Mexico the Navajo
Navajos moved
to reservations

Fort Defiance

Second Fiji Expedition United States Fiji Victory

(1859)

Location: Fiji

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

(1859)

Location: West Virginia

United States Abolitionist Insurgents Victory

Harper's Weekly illustration of U.S.

Marines attacking John Brown's
"Fort" Teresa Baine

First and Second Cortina War United States Mexican Victory

(1859–1861) Paramilitary Forces
Confederate
Location: Texas and Mexico
States

Paiute War United States Paiute Victory

(1860) Shoshone
Bannock
Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada

American Civil War United States Confederate States Victory

(1861–1865) Territorial
integrity
Location: United States preserved
Dissolution of
the
Confederacy
Slavery
abolished
Lincoln
assassinated
Beginning of
the
Reconstruction
The Battle of Antietam, by Kurz & Era
Allison.

Bombardment of Qui Nhơn United States Nguyễn Dynasty Victory

(1861)

Location: Qui Nhơn, Vietnam

Yavapai Wars United States Yavapai Victory

(1861–1875) Apache
Yuma
Location: Arizona Mohave

Dakota War of 1862 United States Dakota Sioux Victory

(1862)

Location: Minnesota and Dakota

The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota on

August 19, 1862

Colorado War United States Cheyenne Victory

(1863–1865) Arapaho
Sioux Military and
Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska congressional
hearings
against John
Chivington

Shimonoseki War British Chōshū Domain Victory

(1863–1864) Empire
Dutch Empire Chōshū pays
Location: Kanmon Straits French an indemnity
Empire of $3,000,000.
United States
Capture of a Choshu battery at
Shimonoseki by British sailors and
marines.

Snake War United States Paiute Victory

(1864–1868) Bannock
Shoshone
Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and
Idaho

Powder River War United States Sioux Indecisive

(1865) Cheyenne
Arapaho
Location: Powder River State

Red Cloud's War United States Lakota Compromise,

(1866–1868) Cheyenne Strategic Victory
Arapaho
Location: Powder River State Treaty of Fort
Laramie (1868)
Legal control
of Powder
River Country
ceded to Native
Americans
Creation of the
Great Sioux
Reservation
(including the
The Fetterman Massacre Black Hills)

Formosa Expedition United States Paiwan aboriginals Indecisive

(1867)
Formosan
Location: Southern Formosa retreat
American
withdrawal

US Marines and Sailors attack

Formosan pirates.

Comanche Campaign United States Cheyenne Victory

(1867–1875) Arapaho
Location: Western United States Comanche
Kiowa

Battle of Beecher Island. One soldier

and three horses have fallen, while
others continue to wage the battle.

United States expedition to Korea United States Joseon Dynasty Victory

(1871)
United States-
Location: Ganghwado Korea Treaty
of 1882

American forces after capturing the

Deokjin Fort during the Battle of
Ganghwa in 1871.

Modoc War United States Modoc Victory

(1872–1873)

Location: California and Oregon

Engraving of soldiers recovering the

bodies of the slain May 3, 1873.

Red River War United States Cheyenne Victory

(1874–1875) Arapaho
Comanche End to the
Location: Texas Kiowa Texas-Indian
Wars

Las Cuevas War United States Mexican militia Victory

(1875)
Cattle returned
Location: Texas and Mexico to Texas
Texan soldiers.

Great Sioux War of 1876 United States Lakota Victory

(1876–1877) Dakota Sioux
Northern Cheyenne Legal control
Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming Arapaho of Powder
River Country
ceded to the
United States

Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn.

Buffalo Hunters' War United States Comanche Victory

(1876–1877) Apache

Location: Texas and Oklahoma

Nez Perce War United States Nez Perce Victory

(1877) Palouse

Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and

Montana

Chief Joseph's band in the Battle of

Bear Paw Mountain

Bannock War United States Bannock Victory

(1878) Shoshone
Paiute
Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming

Cheyenne War United States Cheyenne Victory

(1878–1879)

Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South

Dakota and Montana
Aftermath of the Battle of "The Pit."

Sheepeater Indian War United States Shoshone Victory

(1879)

Location: Idaho

Victorio's War United States Apache Victory

(1879–1881) Mexico

Location: Mexico

White River War United States Ute Victory

(1879–1880)

Location: Colorado

Pine Ridge Campaign United States Sioux Victory

(1890–1891)

Location: South Dakota

Mass grave for the dead Lakota after

the conflict at Wounded Knee Creek.

Garza Revolution Mexico Garzistas Victory

(1891–1893) United States

Location: Texas and Mexico

3rd Cavalry Troopers searching a
suspected Revolutionist, 1892

Rio de Janeiro Affair Brazil Brazilian mutineers Victory

(1894) United States
End of rebel
Location: Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, blockade
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
reopened to
American
commerce

Cruiser Detroit in the Guanabara Bay

during the revolt

Yaqui Wars United States Yaqui Victory

(1896-1918) Mexico Pima
Opata
Location: Arizona and Mexico

10th Cavalry soldiers holding Yaqui

prisoners at their camp in Bear Valley,
January 9, 1918.

Second Samoan Civil War Samoa Mataafans Compromise

(1898–1899) United States Germany
Allies and
Location: Samoa Rebels
compromise
for peace
Tripartite
Convention
 United States
acquires
American
Samoa
United
Kingdom
withdraws
claim in
exchange for
concessions in
Samoan warriors and American the Solomon
servicemen during the Siege of Apia Islands
in March 1899. Germany
acquires
German Samoa
Mata'afa Iosefo
becomes
paramount
chief of Samoa

Spanish–American War
(1898)
Victory
Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and
Guam Treaty of Paris
Spain: Protectorate
United States over Cuba
Cuban Cuba Collapse of the
Revolutionaries Guam Spanish
Filipino Philippines Empire
Revolutionaries Puerto Rico Generation of
'98 among
Spanish
Teddy Roosevelt and the "Rough intellectuals
Riders" charge Spanish positions
during the Battle of San Juan Hill.

1899-1902
República Filipina Victory
Philippine–American War
(1899–1902) Negros
1899-1902 Occupation of
Republic the Philippines
Location: Philippines United States Zamboanga
Establishment
Republic of the Insular
Military Government of
Limited Foreign Support:
Government the Philippine
Empire of Japan
Islands.
General Emilio
Shishi
1902-1906 Aguinaldo
United States captured and
exiled.
Civil Dissolution of
Government 1902-1906 the First
Kurz & Allison print of the Battle of Tagalog Republic
Philippine
Quingua. Republic
Irrenconcilables

Moro Rebellion United States Moro Victory

(1899–1913) Remnants of the Sulu
Sultanate
Philippines
 The 8th Infantry Regiment defeat the
Moros in the four-day battle of
Bagsak Mountain on Jolo Island in
the Philippines.

Boxer Rebellion
(1899–1901)

Location: China United Victory

Kingdom
Russia Rebellion
Japan suppressed
Righteous Harmony Signing of the
France
Society (Boxers) Boxer Protocol
United States
China Provisions for
Germany
foreign troops
Italy to be stationed
Austria- in Beijing
Hungary
Corporal Titus, of the 14th Infantry
Regiment, scaling the walls of Peking.

20th century wars

 Result for the United States
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2
and/or its Allies
Crazy Snake Rebellion
(1909)

Location: Oklahoma

United States Creek Victory

Creek prisoners of war.

Border War
(1910–1919)
Part of the Mexican Revolution
Victory
Location: Mexico–United States
Seditionist insurgency
border
suppressed
Battles between Mexican and
American forces ceased in
Mexican 1919 after the
United States Carrancistas American/Carrancista victory
Villista Rebels in the Battle of Ciudad
Juárez[1]
Pancho Villa's troops no
longer an effective fighting
American troops of the 16th Infantry force[2]
Regiment rest for the night on 27 May
1916

Negro Rebellion
(1912)
Part of the Banana Wars

Location: Cuba

Victory
Cuba
Cuban PIC Rebellion suppressed
United States
Dissolution of the PIC

USS Mississippi in Cuba

Occupation of Nicaragua. United States Nicaraguan Victory

(1912–1933) Nicaragua Liberals
Part of the Banana Wars Sandinistas Nicaragua occupied until
1933.
Location: Nicaragua Great Depression marked US
withdrawal in 1933.
Change of regime in
Nicaragua.
US Marines holding a captured
Sandinista flag.

Bluff War
(1914–1915)

Location: Utah and Colorado

Ute
United States Victory
Paiute

Prisoners of the Bluff War in

Thompson, Utah, waiting to board a
train for their trial in Salt Lake City.

Occupation of Haiti.
(1915–1934)
Part of the Banana Wars

Location: Haiti

Victory
United States
Haitian Rebels
Haiti Haiti occupied

2nd Marine Regiment in Haiti

Sugar Intervention
(1916–1918) Victory
Part of the Banana Wars Cuba Liberal Party of
United States Cuba Uprising quelled.
Location: Cuba

Occupation of the Dominican United States Dominican Victory

Republic Republic
(1916–1924) Dominican Republic
Part of the Banana Wars occupied

Location: Dominican Republic

 US Marines in the Occupation of the
Dominican Republic.

France
British Empire

United
Kingdom
Canada
World War I Australia
(1917–1918)
Newfoundland
Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, India
Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and New Victory
coast of North and South America Zealand
South End of the German, Russian,
Africa Ottoman, and Austro-
Germany Hungarian empires
Russia (Until Austria- Formation of new countries
1917) in Europe and the Middle
Hungary
United States East
Ottoman
Bulgaria Transfer of German colonies
Empire and regions of the former
China Bulgaria Ottoman Empire to other
Italy
powers
Japan Establishment of the League
of Nations
Hejaz
Serbia
Two US troops pass by dead German Montenegro
soldiers on a battlefield. Romania
Belgium
Greece
Portugal
Brazil
Haiti

Russian Civil War White movement Russian SFSR Withdrawal

(1918–1920) British Empire Far Eastern
Republic Allied withdrawal from
Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran United Latvian SSR Russia
Kingdom Ukrainian SSR Bolshevik victory over White
Canada Commune of Army
Australia Estonia Victory for pro-independence
India Mongolian movements in Finland,
communists Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Japan and Poland
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Poland
US troops march through Russia United States
before the Battle of Romanovka. France
Romania
 Serbia
Italy
China

Posey War
(1923)

Location: Utah

Ute
United States Victory
Paiute

Ute and Paiute prisoners of war.

Soviet Union
United States
United Kingdom
China
World War II
(1941–1945) France
Poland
Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Bulgaria
Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, Canada Germany
Middle East, Mediterranean, North Australia Japan
Africa, North and South America New Zealand Victory
Italy
India
South Africa Hungary Collapse of the Third Reich
Romania
Mongolia Fall of Japanese and Italian
Yugoslavia Bulgaria Empires
Greece Thailand Creation of the United
Denmark Manchukuo Nations
Norway Mengjiang Emergence of the United
Netherlands Croatia States and the Soviet Union
Slovakia as superpowers
Philippines Beginning of the Cold War
Belgium
Luxembourg Finland
U.S. Army Soldiers advancing at Czechoslovakia
dawn in the cover of a M4 Sherman Brazil
tank, during the Battle of Mexico
Bougainville, 1944. Ethiopia
Viet Minh
KLA
Albania
Haiti
Korean War South Korea North Korea Stalemate
(1950–1953) United States China
Part of the Cold War United Kingdom Soviet Union North Korean invasions of
Australia Mongolia South Korea repelled
Location: Korea Belgium Subsequent United Nations
Canada invasion of North Korea
Philippines repelled
Colombia Subsequent Chinese-North
Cuba Korean-Soviet invasion of
Ethiopia South Korea repelled
Greece Korean Armistice
Agreement. Although this
Japan
ended the actual fighting in
Luxembourg
the Korean Peninsula, the
Netherlands
war is not (technically) over
 New Zealand because a peace treaty was
South Africa never signed
Thailand
Turkey
Taiwan
Guatemala
El Salvador

American soldiers in the Korean war

with the Browning
Lebanon Crisis M1919A6 LMG.
(1958)

Location: Lebanon

Lebanese Victory
Opposition:
US-Lebanese occupation of
Lebanon
INM the port and international
United States LCP airport of Beirut
PSP Withdrawal of US forces

US Marine sits in a foxhole and points

his machine gun toward Beirut.

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Political Defeat
(1961)
Part of the Cold War United States
Cuba Invasion of Cuba suppressed
CDRF
Failed Castro assassination
Location: Cuba

Simba rebels
Simba Rebellion
(1964) Cuba
Congo- Victory
Part of the Cold War Léopoldville
Belgium Tanganyikaa Rebellion defeated.
Location: Democratic Republic of Soviet
United States
the Congo Union
China

Dominican Civil War

(1965–1966)

Location: Dominican Republic

United States Victory

Brazil
Dominican Juan Bosch excluded from
Honduras Presidency
Republic
Paraguay
Election of Joaquín Balaguer.
Nicaragua

US soldiers arrive in the Dominican

Republic.

Vietnam War South Vietnam North Vietnam Withdrawal, Political Defeat

(1965–1973[a], 1975[b]) United States Viet Cong Withdrawal of American
Part of the Cold War and Indochina South Korea Khmer Rouge forces from Indochina
Wars Australia Pathet Lao North Vietnamese victory
New Zealand China over South Vietnam
Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand Dissolution of the Republic
Laos Philippines of Vietnam
Khmer Republic Communist governments
Kingdom of take power in South Vietnam,
Laos Laos and Cambodia
South Vietnam is annexed by
North Vietnam

1st Cavalry Division, Battle of Ia

Drang, 1965.

Communist
Party of Thailand

weapons and
advisors:
North Vietnam
(until 1976)
Vietnam (from
1976)
Communist insurgency in Thailand Thailand Soviet Union Victory
(1965–1983) Taiwan (until People Republic
1967) of China (1971– Defeat of communist
Location: Thailand United States 1978) insurgents.
Malaysia Pathet Lao[3]
[4]
Malayan
Communist Party
Khmer Rouge
(until 1978)[3]
[4]

North Korea[4]

Shaba II
(1978) Zaire
Front for the
Location: Zaire France
National Liberation Victory
Belgium
(present-day Democratic Republic of the of the Congo
United States
Congo)

Multinational Force in Lebanon Italy Islamic Jihad Victory

(1982-1984) United States Organization
Part of the Lebanese Civil War France Iran Multinational forces oversee
United Kingdom Syria withdrawal of Palestine
Location: Lebanon Progressive Liberation Organization.
Socialist Party Civil war continued until
Amal Movement 1990.
Syrian occupation continued
until 2005.
 US Marine barracks bombing

Invasion of Grenada
(1983)
Part of the Cold War
PRG of Grenada
Location: Grenada United States Cuba Victory
Caribbean Peace Military advisors:
Force:
List Military dictatorship of
Barbados Soviet Hudson Austin deposed
Union Defeat of Cuban military
Jamaica
North presence
Organisation of Restoration of Constitutional
Korea
Eastern Caribbean Government
East
States
Germany
Libya
American soldiers in mortar positions
in Grenada.

Bombing of Libya
(1986)
Part of the Cold War

Location: Libya
Victory
United States Ground targets destroyed.
Libya Failed Libyan Scud missile
United Kingdom
response
Muammar Gaddafi survived

USAF F-111 taking off for Libya

Tanker War United States Iran Victory

(1987–1988)
Successful operations against
Location: Persian Gulf Iran during the
Iran-Iraq war
Iranian frigate Sahand after being
attacked by U.S. aircraft.

Invasion of Panama
(1989–1990)

Location: Panama

Victory

United States Panama Dictator Manuel Noriega

deposed.

U.S. troops prepare to take a

neighborhood in Panama City,
December 1989.

Gulf War
(1990–1991)
Kuwait
Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi United States
Arabia, and Israel United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
France Victory
Canada
Egypt Iraqi withdrawal from
Iraq Kuwait; Emir Jaber III
Syria
restored
Qatar Sanctions against Iraq
Bahrain
United Arab
Emirates
Oman
M1 Abrams tanks of the 3rd Armored Bangladesh
Division advance on Medina Ridge.

Intervention in the Somali Civil War United States Somali National Inconclusive
(1992–1995) United Kingdom Alliance
Spain Failure to capture SNA
Location: Somalia Saudi Arabia leader Mohamed Farrah
Malaysia Aidid.
Pakistan Contribution to UN
Italy humanitarian mandate, which
saved around 100,000 lives.
India
Withdrawal of US forces
Greece following losses in Battle of
Germany Mogadishu.
France Civil war is ongoing.
Canada
 Botswana
Belgium
Australia

US Marines on patrol in Somalia.

Intervention in Haiti
(1994–1995)

Location: Haiti

Victory
United States
Reinstatement of Jean-
Poland Haiti
Bertrand Aristide as
Argentina
president of Haiti.

US troops arrive in Haiti.

Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnian War
(1994–1995)
Herzeg-Bosnia
Part of the Yugoslav Wars
Croatia
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Victory
United States
Belgium Dayton Accords
Republika Internal partition of Bosnia
Canada Srpska and Herzegovina according
Denmark YPA to the Dayton Accords
France Serbian Krajina Deployment of NATO-led
Germany Western Bosnia IFOR to oversee the peace
Italy FR Yugoslavia agreement
Luxembourg Massive civilian casualties
for the Bosniak ethnic group
Russian and American troops on a Netherlands
joint patrol around the Bosnian town Norway
of Zvornik on the afternoon of 29 Portugal
February 1996. Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom

Kosovo War KLA FR Yugoslavia Victory

(1998–1999)
Part of the Yugoslav Wars AFRK Kumanovo Treaty
Albania Yugoslav security forces pull
Location: Serbia Croatia out of Kosovo
United States KLA veterans join the
Belgium UÇPMB, starting the Preševo
Canada insurgency
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
 Hungary
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Poland
Spain
Bombing of Novi Sad.
Turkey
United Kingdom

a. Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with theParis 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 ofietnam
V War.
b. The war reignited on 13 December 1974 withoffensive operations by North Vietnam, leading to victory over South Vietnam in under
two months.

21st century wars

 Result for the United
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 States and/or its
Allies
United States
Afghanistan
ISAF
United Kingdom Inconclusive
Taliban
Azerbaijan American-led
Germany Islamic Jihad Union coalition
Denmark Haqqani network invasion and
War in Afghanistan Italy occupation of
France Afghanistan
(2001–2014) Allied groups
Part of the War on Terror Canada Destruction of
Australia al-Qaeda
HIG training camps
Location: Afghanistan New Zealand al-Qaeda
Fall of the
El Salvador IJU[5] Taliban
Armenia IMU government
Georgia Establishment
Norway of the Islamic
Sweden Taliban splinter groups Republic of
Poland Afghanistan
Fidai Mahaz under the
Estonia
Romania Karzai
2001 invasion:
administration
Turkey Islamic Emirate of
101st Airborne Division firefight in Start of Taliban
Bulgaria Afghanistan insurgency
Kunar Province Hungary Death of Osama
Luxembourg Taliban bin Laden in
Portugal Pakistan
al-Qaeda
Jordan Commencement
Albania 055 Brigade of war's 2015–
Iceland present phase
Northern Alliance
Supported by:
India

Iraq War United States Baath Loyalists Victory

(2003–2011) Iraq Islamic State of Iraq
Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War Azerbaijan al-Qaeda in Iraq Invasion and
on Terror United Kingdom Mahdi Army occupation of
Special Groups Iraq
Location: Iraq South Korea IAI Overthrow of
Italy Ansar al-Sunnah Ba'ath Party
government and
Poland
execution of
Australia Ba'athist Iraq Saddam
Georgia Hussein
Ukraine Establishment
Estonia of democratic
Netherlands elections and
Spain formation of
M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks in new Shia-led
Baghdad during the Occupation of Denmark
government
Iraq MNF–I Increased
Iranian
influence in
Iraq[6][7][8][9]
Sectarian
conflict
 escalates into
civil war[10]
U.S.–Iraq
Status of Forces
Agreement
Improvements
in public
security.[11]
Beginning of an
Iraqi insurgency
that continues
after U.S.
withdrawal and
extends into
Syria.[12]
Emergence of
al-Qaeda in Iraq
and its
successor, the
Islamic State of
Iraq.[13]

War in North-West Pakistan

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
(2004–present)
Part of the War on Terror al-Qaeda Ongoing
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Location: Pakistan Lashkar-e-Islam Drone strikes
Islamic Movement of being
Uzbekistan conducted by
East Turkestan Islamic the United
Movement States
United States Tehreek-e-Shariat Jundallah,
Tehreek-e-
Alleged Supported by: Khilafat, and
the Islamic
Pakistan Movement of
Uzbekistan join
Airstrike on insurgent forces in Islamic State of Iraq and the ISIL
Pakistan. Levant

Libyan Civil War States enforcing Libya Victory

(2011) UNSC Resolution 1973:
Part of the Libyan Crisis Overthrow of
Gaddafi
Location: Libya NATO government and
Death of
Belgium Muammar
Bulgaria Gaddafi
Canada Assumption of
Denmark interim control
France by National
Greece Transitional
Italy Council (NTC)
Netherlands Diplomatic
Norway recognition of
Romania NTC as sole
US vessels launch missiles in support Spain governing
of the Libyan Civil War. Turkey authority for
United Libya by 105
Kingdom
 United States countries, UN,
EU, AL and AU
Jordan Post-civil war
Qatar violence in
Sweden Libya, leading
United Arab to another civil
Emirates war in 2014[14]

Ongoing

Airstrikes on
ISIL and al-
Qaeda positions
in Iraq, Syria,
Libya, Nigeria
United States and
Turkey Afghanistan
Iraq Multinational
United Kingdom humanitarian
Canada efforts
War on ISIL (Operation Inherent Jordan Arming and
Resolve) Morocco support for
(2014–present) Australia local ground
Islamic State of Iraq and forces
Part of the Iraqi Civil War, Syrian Belgium
Civil War, Second Libyan Civil War, Denmark the Levant Hundreds of
Boko Haram insurgency, and the War France Boko Haram thousands of
on Terror Germany civilians in Iraq
Italy and Syria flee
Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya and Netherlands their homes
Khorasan sparking a
Nigeria New Zealand
Norway refugee crisis
Thousands of
Portugal Tahrir al-Sham
civilians are
Spain executed by
Bahrain ISIL forces
Saudi Arabia Syria
ISIL loses up to
United Arab Iran 30% of its
Emirates Hezbollah territory in
Syrian Opposition Russia Iraq[15]
US airstrikes on ISIL positions in Nigeria
ISIL controls
Syria. Chad
around 50% of
Cameroon Syria by late
Niger May
Libya
2015[16][17]
Emergence of
Kurdistan independently-
governed
Kurdish regions
Tomahawk
missile strikes
against Assad
controlled air
fields in Syria

War in Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Taliban Ongoing

(2015–present) Afghanistan
Haqqani network Security and
Afghan National Islamic Jihad Union control of
Security Forces Afghanistan
Alleged Supported by: taken over by
Allied militias Pakistan (alleged) [18][19] Afghan security
forces
Jamiat-e Islami
 Junbish-i-Milli ISI (alleged) [20] NATO
Hezbe Wahdat implements a
Iran[21][22] (disputed) [23] support mission
Coalition: Continued
Russia[24][25][26] counter-terror
Resolute Support (denied) [27][28] operations
Mission (2015–pr esent)
being
conducted by
Australia Allied groups NATO forces
Croatia Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin ISIL establishes
ISAF troops changing mission and
Czech presence in
beginning the RSM. al-Qaeda
Republic Afghanistan
Islamic Jihad Union
Georgia and begins to
(IPAP) recruit
Germany Taliban splinter groups fighters[29]
Italy Failed 2015
Romania Dadullah Front Taliban
Spain Fidai Mahaz resurgence
Turkey attempt in
United Kunduz,
Kingdom Islamic State of Iraq and northern
United States the Levant Afghanistan[30]
U.S. halts
Wilayat Khorasan withdrawal and
prolongs
presence in
Afghanistan[31]
On April 13th,
2017 the U.S.
drops GBU-
43/B MOAB on
an ISIS-K
controlled
tunnel system,
resulting in the
deaths of 94
ISIS-K
militants,
including 4
commanders

See also
List of ongoing armed conflicts
Timeline of United States military operations
Timeline of United States at war

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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

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