List of wars involving the United States
This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America.[1] Currently, there are 108 wars on this list, 4 of which are ongoing.
- USA victory - 79
- Another result * - 12
- USA defeat - 13
- Ongoing conflict - 4
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
18th-century wars
Conflict | Allies | Opponent(s) | Result for the United States and its Allies | Presidents of the United States |
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American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) Location: Eastern and Southern North America the |
Kingdom of France
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Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries |
US-allied victory - The American Revolution started as a civil war within the British Empire.[nb 1] It became a larger international war in 1778 once France joined.[nb 2]
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President of the Continental Congress in American Revolutionary War: |
Cherokee–American wars (1776–1795) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Old Southwest |
United States Choctaw |
Cherokee | US-allied victory | President of the Continental Congress in Cherokee–American wars:
Presidents of the United States: |
Northwest Indian War (1785–1793) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Northwest Territory |
United States Chickasaw Choctaw |
Western Confederacy
List
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US-allied victory
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George Washington |
American–Algerian War (1785–1795) Location: Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean |
United States | Regency of Algiers | Algerian victory
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George Washington |
Mediterranean
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United States
Co-belligerent: |
French Republic
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Convention of 1800
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John Adams |
19th-century wars
Conflict | Allies | Opponent(s) | Result for the United States and its Allies | Presidents of the United States |
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Derna , April 1805
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Sultanate of Morocco[14]
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Sultanate of Morocco[15] |
US-allied victory | Thomas Jefferson |
Tecumseh's War (1810–1813) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Northwest River Ohio |
United States | Tecumseh's Confederacy
List
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US victory | James Madison |
in 1910. | Creek Allies
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United Kingdom
Tecumseh's Confederacy
List
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Inconclusive/Other Result
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend , 1814
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Choctaw Nation
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Red Stick Creek | US-allied victory | |
Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary States |
United States | Deylik of Algiers |
US victory | |
First Seminole War
(1817–1818) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Spanish Florida |
United States | Seminole
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US victory
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James Monroe |
Arikara War (1823) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Missouri River |
United States | Arikara | Inconclusive/Other Result
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Winnebago War (1827) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory |
Choctaw Nation
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Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks with a few allies |
US-allied victory
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John Quincy Adams |
Black Hawk War (1832) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory |
United States Ho-Chunk Menominee Dakota Potawatomi |
Black Hawk's British Band Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies |
US-allied victory
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Andrew Jackson |
Second Seminole War (1835–1842) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Florida, United States |
United States | Seminole | US victory
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Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837)
Martin Van Buren (March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841) William Henry Harrison (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) John Tyler (April 4, 1841 –March 4, 1845) |
Texas Comanche Wars (1836–1875) Part of the Texas–Indian wars and the American Indian Wars Location: South-central United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado) and northern Mexico |
Republic of Texas United States |
Comanche | US victory | Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837)
Martin Van Buren (March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841) William Henry Harrison (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) John Tyler (April 4, 1841 –March 4, 1845) James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849) Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) |
Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Location: Texas, New Mexico, California and Mexico |
United States California Republic |
Mexico | US-allied victory
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James K. Polk |
Cayuse War (1847–1855) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon |
United States | Cayuse | US victory
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James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849)
Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) |
Apache Wars (1849–1924) Part of the Texas–Indian wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Southwestern United States |
United States | Yavapai
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US victory
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James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849)
Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) Rutherford B. Hayes (March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881) James A. Garfield (March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881) Chester A. Arthur (September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885) Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889) Benjamin Harrison (March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893) Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897) William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901) Theodore Roosevelt (September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909) William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923) Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929) |
Navajo Wars (1849–1866) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: New Mexico |
United States | Navajo Nation | US victory
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James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849)
Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Bleeding Kansas (1854–1861) Location: Kansas and Missouri |
Anti-slavery settlers (Free-Staters) |
Border Ruffians )
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Free-Stater victory.
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Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857)
James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) |
Puget Sound War (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington |
United States Snoqualmie |
US victory
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Franklin Pierce | |
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Rogue Valley |
United States | Tututni | US victory
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Third Seminole War
(1855–1858) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Florida |
United States | Seminole | US victory
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Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857)
James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Yakima War (1855–1858) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington Territory |
United States Snoqualmie |
Nez Perce tribe
Cayuse tribe |
US victory | |
China
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British Empire French Empire United States |
China | US victory
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United States | Deseret/Utah Mormons | Inconclusive/Other Result
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Reform War (1858–1866) Location: Mexico |
Liberals United States |
Conservatives | Liberals - US victory | |
Pig War (1859) Location: San Juan Islands |
United States | United Kingdom | Inconclusive/Other Result
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James Buchanan |
"Fort" Teresa Baine | United States | Abolitionist Insurgents | US victory | |
First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861) Location: Texas and Mexico |
United States
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Cortinista bandits | US-allied victory | |
Paiute War (1860) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada |
United States | Bannock
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US victory | |
American Civil War (1861–1865) Location: Southern United States, Indian Territory, Northeastern United States, Western United States, Atlantic Ocean |
Muskogee Nation (part)[18]
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(part) | US victory
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Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona |
United States | US victory |
Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) | |
Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Minnesota and Dakota |
United States | Dakota Sioux
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US victory | Abraham Lincoln |
Colorado War (1863–1865) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska |
United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Sioux |
Inconclusive/Other Result
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Snake War (1864–1868) Part of the American Indian Wars Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho |
United States | Bannock
Shoshone |
US victory | Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865)
Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Powder River War (1865) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State |
United States | Sioux Cheyenne Arapaho |
Inconclusive | |
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State |
Crow Nation
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Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho |
Lakota-allied victory
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Formosa Expedition (1867) Location: Hengchun, Taiwan, Qing China' |
United States | Paiwan | Paiwan victory | |
United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa |
US victory | Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869)
Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) | |
United States expedition to Korea (1871) Location: Ganghwa Island |
United States | Joseon dynasty | Inconclusive/Other Result
American military victory American diplomatic failure
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Ulysses S. Grant |
Modoc War (1872–1873) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: California and Oregon |
United States | Modoc | US victory | |
Red River War (1874–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Texas |
United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa |
US victory
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Las Cuevas War (1875) Location: Texas and Mexico |
United States | Mexican bandits | US victory
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Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming |
United States | US victory
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Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Texas and Oklahoma |
United States | Comanche Apache |
US victory | |
Nez Perce War (1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana |
United States | Palouse
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US victory | Rutherford B. Hayes |
Bannock War (1878) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming |
United States | Paiute
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US victory | |
Cheyenne War (1878–1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana |
United States | Cheyenne | US victory | |
Sheepeater Indian War (1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Idaho |
United States | Shoshone | US victory | |
Victorio's War (1879–1880) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Mexico |
United States Mexico |
Apache | US-allied victory | |
United States | Ute | US victory | ||
Egyptian Expedition (1882) Part of the Anglo-Egyptian War Location: Alexandria |
United States | Egypt | US victory | Chester A. Arthur |
Crow War (1887) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana |
United States | Crow people | US victory | Grover Cleveland |
Ghost Dance War (1890–1891) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: South Dakota |
United States | Sioux | US victory | Benjamin Harrison |
Garza War (1891–1893) Location: Texas and Mexico |
Mexico United States |
Garzistas | US-allied victory | |
Yaqui Wars (1896–1918) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona and Mexico |
United States Mexico |
Pima
Opata |
US-allied victory | Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897)
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Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) Location: Samoa |
Samoa United States |
Mataafans German Empire |
Inconclusive/Other Result
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William McKinley |
Spanish–American War (1898) Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam |
Spain | US-allied victory
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Philippine–American War (1899–1902) Location: Philippines |
1899–1902 United States
1902-1906 |
1899–1902 Philippine Republic Limited Foreign Support:
1902-1906 |
US victory
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William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901)
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Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) Location: Philippines |
United States | Sulu Sultanate
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US victory
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William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901)
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China |
British Empire
Russian Empire |
(from 1900) | US-allied victory
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William McKinley |
20th-century wars
Conflict | Allies | Opponent(s) | Result for the United States and its Allies | Presidents of the United States |
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Crazy Snake's War (1909) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma |
United States | Creek
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US victory | Theodore Roosevelt (September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909) Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
Mexican Border War (1910–1919) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico–United States border |
United States | Mexico
Supported by: |
US victory
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William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson |
Cuban PIC | US-allied victory
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William Howard Taft | ||
United States occupation of Nicaragua (1912–1933) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Nicaragua |
United States Nicaragua |
Nicaraguan Liberals Sandinistas |
US victory
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William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover |
Thompson, Utah , waiting to board a train for their trial in Salt Lake City.
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United States | Paiute
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US victory | Woodrow Wilson |
United States occupation of Veracruz (1914) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico |
United States
Supported by: |
Mexico
Supported by: |
US victory | |
United States occupation of Haiti (1915–1934) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Haiti |
United States Haiti |
Haitian Rebels | US-allied victory | Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Dominican Republic |
United States | Dominican Republic | US victory | Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
French Republic British Empire Kingdom of Italy |
German Empire Austro-Hungarian Empire Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria |
US-allied victory
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Woodrow Wilson | |
Russian Civil War (1917–1923, direct U.S. involvement in 1918–1920) Location: Russia |
White Movement Makhnovshchina Left SR Green armies Czechoslovakia British Empire Empire of Japan |
Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Makhnovshchina Left SR Green armies |
Bolshevik Victory[20]
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Posey War (1923) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Utah |
United States | Paiute
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US victory
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Warren G. Harding |
North and South America .
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French Republic British Empire
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Kingdom of Nepal Republic of China Mongolian People's Republic Commonwealth of the Philippines Viet Minh Korean Provisional Government |
Nazi Germany Empire of Japan Kingdom of Italy Soviet Union (in 1939–1941) Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Romania Kingdom of Bulgaria Slovak Republic Independent State of Croatia Finland Kingdom of Iraq Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang |
US-allied victory
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
Korean War (1950–1953) Part of the Cold War Location: Korea |
South Korea
United Nations |
North Korea
China |
Inconclusive/Other Result
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Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Vietnam War (1955–1964[a], 1965–1973[b], 1974–1975[c]) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos |
South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Kingdom of Laos Khmer Republic |
North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China Soviet Union North Korea Supported by: |
North Vietnam-allied victory
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961) John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) Part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War Location: Laos |
Pathet Lao North Vietnam Supported by: |
Pathet Lao-allied victory
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Permesta Rebellion (1958-1961) Location: Indonesia |
Permesta United States |
Indonesia | Indonesian government victory | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Lebanon crisis (1958) Location: Lebanon |
Lebanon United States |
Lebanese opposition: | US-allied victory
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Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War Location: Cuba |
CDRF United States |
Cuba | Cuban government victory
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John F. Kennedy |
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) Location: Dominican Republic |
Dominican Loyalists United States IAPF |
Dominican Constitutionalists | US-allied victory
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969) Part of the Korean conflict and the Cold War Location: Korean Demilitarized Zone |
South Korea United States |
North Korea | US-allied victory
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Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon |
Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) Part of the Cold War Location: Cambodia |
Kingdom of Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975) United States South Vietnam Supported by: |
Việt Cộng Supported by: |
Khmer Rouge-allied victory
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Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Multinational intervention in Lebanon (1982–1984) Location: Lebanon |
Lebanese Armed Forces
: Israel |
Lebanese National Movement Jammoul PLO Amal Movement Iran Hezbollah Syria Arab Deterrent Force |
Syrian-allied victory
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Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989) |
United States invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War Location: Grenada |
United States Barbados Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
PRG of Grenada Cuba Military advisors: |
US-allied victory
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Ronald Reagan |
Bombing of Libya (1986) Location: Libya |
United States | Libya | US victory
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Iranian frigate Sahand after being attacked by U.S. aircraft.
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United States | Iran | US victory
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United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990) Location: Panama |
United States Panamanian Opposition |
Panama | US-allied victory
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George H. W. Bush |
Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel |
United States United Kingdom Kuwait Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Qatar Bahrain United Arab Emirates Oman |
Iraq | US-allied victory
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Tomahawk cruise missile is fired from an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer during Operation Desert Fox in December 1998.
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United States United Kingdom France Australia Belgium Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey Italy |
Iraq | US-allied victory
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George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
First U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1992–1995) Part of the Somali civil war (1991–present) Location: Somalia |
United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia New Zealand |
Somali National Alliance | Somali victory
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George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton |
Bosnian War and Croatian War (1992–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
United States |
Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia |
Inconclusive/Other Result
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Intervention in Haiti (1994–1995) Location: Haiti |
United States Poland Argentina |
Haiti | US-allied victory
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Bill Clinton |
Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Serbia |
FR Yugoslavia
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US-allied victory[23][24][25][26]
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- ^ Advisory role from the forming of the MAAG in Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
- ^ Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords. The Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 saw all U.S forces withdrawn; the Case–Church Amendment, passed by the U.S Congress on 15 August 1973, officially ended direct U.S military involvement .
- ^ The war reignited on December 13, 1974 with offensive operations by North Vietnam, leading to victory over South Vietnam in under five months.
21st-century wars
Conflict | Allies | Belligerent | Result for the United States and its Allies | Presidents of the United States |
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A Company, 101st Airborne Division Special Troop Battalion air assault into a village inside Jowlzak valley in Afghanistan.
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Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan United States Canada United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Georgia Germany Netherlands Italy Romania Slovakia Spain Turkey Formerly: ISAF |
Taliban
Allied groups
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
al-Qaeda Islamic Jihad Union[27] Taliban splinter groups 2001 Invasion:
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Taliban victory
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George W. Bush (October 7, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
US intervention in Yemen (2002–present) Part of the war on terror, the al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen, the Yemeni Civil War and the Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war Location: Yemen |
United States
Saudi-led coalition: In support of:
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al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Ansar al-Sharia
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Ongoing
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George W. Bush (October 7, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the war on terror Location: Iraq |
Post-invasion (2003–2011) United States List
Invasion phase (2003) |
Post-invasion (2003–2011)
Ba'ath Loyalists
Sunni insurgents
Shia insurgents
Invasion phase (2003) Dulaim Tribes
MEK
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Inconclusive/Other Result
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George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama |
MQ-1 Predator drones typically used in covert bombing operations in Pakistan.
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Pakistan Supported by: |
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Haqqani network al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Foreign Mujahideen Uzbek Islamic Movement Turkistan Islamic Party Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province
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US-allied victory
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George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Northeastern Kenya |
Somalia United States
AMISOM
Supported by: Non-combat support: |
al-Shabaab Mujahideen
Islamic State in Somalia
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Ongoing
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George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) Part of the war on terror Location: Indian Ocean |
Australia |
Somali pirates | US-allied victory
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) |
International intervention in Libya (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis and the First Libyan Civil War Location: Libya |
Sweden |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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US-allied victory
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) |
Operation Observant Compass (2011–2017) Part of the war on terror and the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Location: Uganda |
United States Uganda DR Congo Central African Republic South Sudan |
Lord's Resistance Army | US-allied victory
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) |
US military intervention in Niger (2013–2024) Part of the war on terror, the Operation Juniper Shield and the Jihadist insurgency in Niger Location: Niger |
United States
Supported by: |
Jihadists :
ISIL since 2015)
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Jihadists victory
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Spillover of the Syrian civil war, the war on terror and the International ISIS campaign in Iraq, March, 2017.
Location: Iraq |
United States Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan CJTF-OIR Members: |
Jihadists :
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US-allied coalition and Iraqi victory
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) Donald Trump Joe Biden |
US intervention in the Syrian civil war (2014–present) Part of the Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian civil war, the war on terror and the International ISIS campaign Location: Syria |
United States Revolutionary Commando Army Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
CJTF-OIR Members:
Israel (limited involvement; against Hezbollah and government forces only) |
al-Qaeda linked groups:
Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Syria (limited encounters with US and Israel) |
Ongoing
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Operation Odyssey Lightning .
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United States
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Jihadists :
Islamic State in Libya |
ISIS in Libya largely defeated
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) Donald Trump |
Operation Prosperity Guardian (2023–present) Part of the Red Sea crisis, Israel–Hamas war and the Yemeni Civil War Location: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Yemen |
United States United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Canada Denmark Greece Netherlands Norway Bahrain Singapore Sri Lanka Supported by:
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Ongoing
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Joe Biden (January 20, 2021 – Incumbent) |
See also
- List of notable deployments of U.S. military forces overseas
- Timeline of United States military operations
- Military history of the United States
- United States Armed Forces
Notes
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- As early as 1789, David Ramsay, an American patriot historian, wrote in his History of the American Revolution that "Many circumstances concurred to make the American war particularly calamitous. It was originally a civil war in the estimation of both parties."[8] Framing the American Revolutionary War as a civil war is gaining increasing examination.[9][10][11][1]. You can read part two of his 1789 book in full here
- A group of Bristol, England merchants wrote to King George III in 1775 voicing their “most anxious apprehensions for ourselves and Posterity that we behold the growing distractions in America threaten” and ask for their majesty’s “Wisdom and Goodness” to save them from “a lasting and ruinous Civil War.”[2]. You can read the 1775 petition in full here
- The “constrained voice” is a good synopsis of how the British viewed the American Revolutionary War. From anxiety to a foreboding sense of the conflict being a civil war,[3]
- In the early stages of the rebellion by the American colonists, most of them still saw themselves as English subjects who were being denied their rights as such. “Taxation without representation is tyranny,” James Otis reportedly said in protest of the lack of colonial representation in Parliament. What made the American Revolution look most like a civil war, though, was the reality that about one-third of the colonists, known as loyalists (or Tories), continued to support and fought on the side of the crown.[4]
- ^ France entered the American Revolution on the side of the colonists in 1778, turning what had essentially been a civil war into an international conflict.[5]
- The Revolution was both an international conflict, with Britain and France vying on land and sea, and a civil war among the colonists, causing over 60,000 loyalists to flee their homes.[6]
- Until early in 1778 the conflict was a civil war within the British Empire, but afterward it became an international war as France (in 1778) and Spain (in 1779) joined the colonies against Britain. Meanwhile, the Netherlands, which provided both official recognition of the United States and financial support for it, was engaged in its own war against Britain.[7]
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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[permanent dead link], 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