List of wars involving the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, Gibraltar, India, Canadian Auxiliaries Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Iroquois America Spain Onondaga Iroquois Mohawk Cayuga Oneida Seneca Tuscarora Cherokee Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, which began negotiations between Great Netherlands Britain and the United States.
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 Location: Northwest Territory British withdrawal Great Britain American occupation of the Northwest Territory British North America
The Battle of Fallen Timbers
Shays' Rebellion United States Anti-Government Protesters Victory (1786–1787) Problems with the Articles of Confederation spur U.S. Location: Massachusetts 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 eliminated. Location: Western Pennsylvania 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 Franco-American alliance Great Britain End of French privateer attacks on American shipping Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, Co-belligerent: American neutrality and renunciation of claims against and the Mediterranean Spain France
USS Constellation vs. L'Insurgente
19th century wars
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for the 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 Morocco Peace treaty
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 and later trials Location: Territory of Orleans Haiti
Tecumseh's War United States Tecumseh's Confederacy Victory (1811) List Peace treaty Location: Northwest River Ohio
The Battle of Tippecanoe
War of 1812 United States United Kingdom Stalemate (1812–1815) Choctaw British North Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum with no boundary changes Cherokee Nation Location: Eastern and Central North America America Creek Allies British assault on Sacket's Harbor repulsed Tecumseh's Confederacy American invasions of British North America repulsed British invasions of the United States repulsed List Defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy
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 Treaty of Fort Jackson Cherokee Nation Location: Southern United States Choctaw
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) Mexico Location: Texas
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 eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Location: Missouri River Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota
Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations United States Greek Pirates Victory (1825–1828) Defeat of Greek pirates Location: Off Greece, Aegean Sea HMS Comet liberated by American forces Message of thanks issued to Louis Goldsborough from the British government
Greek pirate boats attacking the HMS Comet.
Winnebago War United States Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks Victory (1827) with a few allies Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory
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 Band Victory (1832) Ho-Chunk Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi Menominee allies Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory Dakota Potawatomi
Native women and children fleeing the Battle of Bad Axe.
Second Seminole War United States Seminole Victory (1835–1842) 3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory Location: Florida, United States 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 Guadalupe Hidalgo Location: Texas, New Mexico, California, and Mexico Mexican Cession Mexican recognition of Texas and California (among other territories) as independent; end of conflict between Mexico and Texas
2nd Dragoons charge the enemy at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, 1846.
Cayuse War United States Cayuse Victory (1847–1855)
Location: Oregon
Apache Wars United States Apache Victory (1851–1900) Ute Yavapai Apaches moved to reservations Location: Southwestern United States
US Cavalry dash for cover while fighting Apaches, by F. Remington
Puget Sound War United States Nisqually Victory (1855–1856) Snoqualmie Muckleshoot Puyallup Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations Location: Washington Klickitat Haida Tlingit
First Fiji Expedition United States Fiji Victory (1855)
Location: Fiji
Rogue River Wars United States Rogue River people Victory (1855–1856) Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations Location: Rogue Valley
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 Empire Qing dynasty Victory (1856–1859) French Empire United States Treaties of Tientsin Location: China 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 through negotiation Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming 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 the Navajo Location: New Mexico 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 Paramilitary Victory (1859–1861) Forces Confederate States Location: Texas and Mexico
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 preserved Location: United States Dissolution of the Confederacy Slavery abolished Lincoln assassinated Beginning of the Reconstruction Era
The Battle of Antietam, by Kurz & 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 congressional hearings against John Chivington Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska
Shimonoseki War British Empire Chōshū Domain Victory (1863–1864) Dutch Empire French Empire Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000. Location: Kanmon Straits 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 Defeat (1866–1868) Cheyenne Arapaho Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Location: Powder River State Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to Native Americans Creation of the Great Sioux Reservation (including the Black Hills)
The Fetterman Massacre
Formosa Expedition United States Paiwan aboriginals Indecisive (1867) Formosan retreat Location: Southern Formosa American withdrawal
US Marines and Sailors attack Formosan pirates.
Comanche Campaign United States Cheyenne Victory (1867–1875) Arapaho Comanche Location: Western United States 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-Korea Treaty of 1882 Location: Ganghwado
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 Texas-Indian Wars Location: Texas Kiowa
Las Cuevas War United States Mexican militia Victory (1875) Cattle returned to Texas Location: Texas and Mexico
Texan soldiers.
Great Sioux War of 1876 United States Lakota Victory (1876–1877) Dakota Sioux Northern Cheyenne Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to the United States Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming Arapaho
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 blockade Location: Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, 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 (1898–1899)
Location: Samoa
Compromise
Allies and Rebels compromise for peace Tripartite Convention United States acquires American Samoa Samoa Mataafans United Kingdom withdraws claim in exchange for concessions in the United States Germany Solomon Islands Germany acquires German Samoa Mata'afa Iosefo becomes paramount chief of Samoa
Samoan warriors and American servicemen during the Siege of Apia in March 1899.
Spanish–American War (1898)
Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam
Spain: Victory United States Cuba Treaty of Paris Cuban Revolutionaries Guam Protectorate over Cuba Filipino Philippines Collapse of the Spanish Empire Revolutionaries Puerto Rico Generation of '98 among Spanish intellectuals
Teddy Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" charge Spanish positions during the Battle of San Juan Hill.
Philippine–American War 1899-1902 (1899–1902) República Filipina
Location: Philippines Negros Republic 1899-1902 Zamboanga United States Republic Military Victory Limited Foreign Support: Government Empire of Japan Occupation of the Philippines Establishment of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands. 1902-1906 Shishi General Emilio Aguinaldo captured and exiled. United States Dissolution of the First Philippine Republic
Civil Government 1902-1906 Tagalog Republic Kurz & Allison print of the Battle of Quingua. Irrenconcilables
Moro Rebellion (1899–1913)
Philippines
Moro United States Remnants of the Sulu Victory Sultanate
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 Kingdom Russia Victory Japan Righteous Harmony France Rebellion suppressed Society (Boxers) United States Signing of the Boxer Protocol China Germany Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing Italy Austria-Hungary Corporal Titus, of the 14th Infantry Regiment, scaling the walls of Peking.
20th century wars
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for the United States 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
Location: Mexico–United States border
Victory
Seditionist insurgency suppressed Mexican Carrancistas Battles between Mexican and American forces ceased in 1919 United States Villista Rebels after the American/Carrancista victory in the Battle of Ciudad Juárez[1] Pancho Villa's troops no longer an effective fighting force[2]
American troops of the 16th Infantry 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. (1912–1933) Part of the Banana Wars
Location: Nicaragua
Victory
United States Nicaraguan Liberals Nicaragua occupied until 1933. Nicaragua Sandinistas 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 Cuba Part of the Banana Wars Liberal Party of Cuba United States Uprising quelled. Location: Cuba
Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Part of the Banana Wars
Location: Dominican Republic
Victory United States Dominican Republic Dominican Republic occupied
US Marines in the Occupation of the Dominican Republic.
France British Empire
World War I United Kingdom (1917–1918) Canada Australia Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Newfoundland Islands, and coast of North and South America India New Zealand South Africa
Russia (Until 1917) Victory United States End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian Bulgaria Germany empires China Austria-Hungary Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Ottoman Empire Italy Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Japan Bulgaria Empire to other powers Liberia Establishment of the League of Nations
Hejaz Serbia Montenegro Two US troops pass by dead Romania German soldiers on a Belgium battlefield. Greece Portugal Brazil Haiti
Russian Civil War White movement (1918–1920) British Empire
Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran United Kingdom Canada Australia India Russian SFSR Defeat Far Eastern Republic Japan Latvian SSR Allied withdrawal from Russia Czechoslovakia Ukrainian SSR Bolshevik victory over White Army Greece Victory for pro-independence movements in Finland, Estonia, Commune of Estonia Poland Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland Mongolian communists United States France US troops march through Romania Russia before the Battle of Serbia Romanovka. 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 France (1941–1945) Poland Bulgaria Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Canada Southeast Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Germany Africa, North and South America Australia New Zealand Japan India Italy South Africa Hungary Victory Mongolia Romania Yugoslavia Bulgaria Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Greece Thailand Creation of the United Nations Denmark Manchukuo Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as Norway Mengjiang superpowers Netherlands Croatia Beginning of the Cold War Philippines Slovakia Belgium U.S. Army Soldiers advancing at Luxembourg Finland dawn in the cover of a M4 Czechoslovakia Sherman tank, during the Battle Brazil of Bougainville, 1944. Mexico Ethiopia Viet Minh KLA Albania Haiti
South Korea Korean War United States (1950–1953) United Kingdom Part of the Cold War Australia Belgium Location: Korea Canada Philippines Stalemate Colombia Cuba North Korean invasions of South Korea repelled North Korea Ethiopia Subsequent United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled China Greece Subsequent Chinese-North Korean-Soviet invasion of South Soviet Union Korea repelled Japan Mongolia Korean Armistice Agreement. Although this ended the actual Luxembourg fighting in the Korean Peninsula, the war is not (technically) over Netherlands because a peace treaty was never signed New Zealand South Africa American soldiers in the Korean Thailand war with the Browning Turkey M1919A6 LMG. Taiwan Guatemala El Salvador
Lebanon Crisis (1958)
Location: Lebanon
Lebanese Opposition: Victory
Lebanon INM US-Lebanese occupation of the port and international airport of United States LCP Beirut PSP Withdrawal of US forces
US Marine sits in a foxhole and points his machine gun toward Beirut.
Bay of Pigs Invasion Defeat (1961) United States Part of the Cold War Cuba Invasion of Cuba suppressed CDRF Failed Castro assassination Location: Cuba
Simba rebels Simba Rebellion (1964) Congo-Léopoldville Cuba Victory Part of the Cold War Belgium Tanganyikaa Rebellion defeated. United States Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo Soviet Union China
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966)
Location: Dominican Republic
United States Victory Brazil Honduras Dominican Republic Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency Paraguay Election of Joaquín Balaguer. Nicaragua
US soldiers arrive in the Dominican Republic.
Vietnam War (1965–1973[a], 1975[b]) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars
Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos South Vietnam Withdrawal United States South Korea North Vietnam Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina Australia Viet Cong North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam New Zealand Khmer Rouge Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam Thailand Pathet Lao Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Philippines China Cambodia Khmer Republic South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam Kingdom of Laos
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 Soviet Union Thailand Victory (1965–1983) Taiwan (until 1967) People Republic of China United States (1971–1978) Defeat of communist insurgents. Location: Thailand Pathet Lao[3] Malaysia [4] Malayan Communist Party Khmer Rouge (until 1978)[3] [4] North Korea[4]
Shaba II Zaire (1978) France Front for the National Victory Location: Zaire Belgium Liberation of the Congo (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) United States
Multinational Force in Lebanon (1982-1984) Part of the Lebanese Civil War
Location: Lebanon Defeat
Multinational forces fail to prevent collapse of Lebanese Army Islamic Jihad Organization into sectarian militias.[5][6] Italy Iran Multinational forces evacuated after the US embassy and US United States Syria Marine barracks are bombed by the Islamic Jihad Organization. France Progressive Socialist Multinational forces oversee withdrawal of Palestine Liberation United Kingdom Party Organization. Amal Movement Civil war continued until 1990. Syrian occupation continued until 2005.
US Marine barracks bombing
Invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War
Location: Grenada
United States Caribbean Peace Force: Victory PRG of Grenada Barbados Cuba Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed Jamaica Military advisors: Defeat of Cuban military presence Organisation of Eastern List Restoration of Constitutional Government Caribbean States
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 United Kingdom Failed Libyan Scud missile response Muammar Gaddafi survived
USAF F-111 taking off for Libya
Tanker War (1987–1988)
Location: Persian Gulf
Victory
United States Iran Successful operations against 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)
Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Victory Canada Egypt Iraq Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber III restored Syria Sanctions against Iraq Qatar Bahrain United Arab Emirates M1 Abrams tanks of the 3rd Oman Armored Division advance on Bangladesh Medina Ridge.
Intervention in the Somali Civil War United States (1992–1995) United Kingdom Spain Location: Somalia Saudi Arabia Malaysia Defeat Pakistan Italy Failure to capture SNA leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Withdrawal of US forces following losses in Battle of Mogadishu. India Somali National Alliance The UN humanitarian mandate saved close to 100,000 lives, Greece during and after US participation. Germany Civil war is ongoing. France Canada US Marines on patrol in Botswana Somalia. Belgium Australia
Intervention in Haiti (1994–1995)
Location: Haiti
United States Victory Poland Haiti Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president of Haiti. Argentina
US troops arrive in Haiti.
Bosnia and Bosnian War Herzegovina (1994–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
United States Belgium Victory Canada Republika Srpska Dayton Accords Denmark YPA Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the France Serbian Krajina Dayton Accords Germany Western Bosnia Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Italy FR Yugoslavia Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group Luxembourg Netherlands Russian and American troops on Norway a joint patrol around the Portugal Bosnian town of Zvornik on the afternoon of 29 February 1996. Spain Turkey United Kingdom
KLA AFRK Albania Kosovo War Croatia (1998–1999) United States Part of the Yugoslav Wars Belgium Location: Serbia Canada Czech Republic Denmark Victory France Kumanovo Treaty FR Yugoslavia Germany Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo Hungary KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Bombing of Novi Sad. Portugal Poland Spain Turkey United Kingdom
a. Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords. Air Force and Special Ops continued some operations until April 1975; President Ford in a televised speech on April 23, 1975 declared the end of Vietnam War. b. The war reignited on 13 December 1974 with offensive operations by North Vietnam, leading to victory over South Vietnam in under two months.
21st century wars
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for the United States and/or its Allies
United States Afghanistan ISAF United Kingdom
Azerbaijan Taliban Germany Denmark Islamic Jihad Union War in Afghanistan Haqqani network Italy (2001–present) Part of the War on Terror France Canada Allied groups Location: Afghanistan Australia Inconclusive New Zealand HIG al-Qaeda El Salvador American-led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan IJU[7] Armenia Destruction of al-Qaeda training camps IMU Georgia Fall of the Taliban government Norway Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Sweden Taliban splinter groups Karzai administration Poland Start of Taliban insurgency Estonia Fidai Mahaz Death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan Romania Commencement of war's 2015–present phase 2001 invasion: Turkey Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 101st Airborne Division firefight Bulgaria in Kunar Province Hungary Taliban Luxembourg Portugal al-Qaeda Jordan 055 Brigade Albania Iceland Northern Alliance Supported by: India
Iraq War United States Inconclusive (2003–2011) Iraq Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War on Terror Azerbaijan Invasion and occupation of Iraq United Kingdom Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Location: Iraq Baath Loyalists Saddam Hussein South Korea Islamic State of Iraq Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Italy al-Qaeda in Iraq Shia-led government Poland Mahdi Army Increased Iranian influence in Iraq[8][9][10][11] Australia Special Groups Sectarian conflict escalates into civil war[12] Georgia IAI U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement [13] Ukraine Ansar al-Sunnah Gradual Improvements in public security. Estonia Emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq and its successor, the Islamic Netherlands Ba'athist Iraq State of Iraq and the Levant whose insurgency then extends into Syria.[14].[15] M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks Spain Commencement of the War on ISIL. in Baghdad during the Denmark Occupation of Iraq MNF–I
War in North-West Pakistan (2004–present) Part of the War on Terror Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Location: Pakistan al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Lashkar-e-Islam Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Ongoing East Turkestan Islamic Movement Drone strikes being conducted by the United States United States Tehreek-e-Shariat Jundallah, Tehreek-e-Khilafat, and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan join ISIL Alleged Supported by:
Pakistan
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Airstrike on insurgent forces in Pakistan.
States enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:
Libyan Civil War NATO (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis Belgium Location: Libya Bulgaria Canada Victory Denmark France Overthrow of Gaddafi government and Death of Muammar Greece Gaddafi Italy Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council Libya (NTC) Netherlands Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Norway Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU Romania Post-civil war violence in Libya, leading to another civil war in Spain 2014[16] Turkey United Kingdom US vessels launch missiles in United States support of the Libyan Civil War. Jordan Qatar Sweden United Arab Emirates
United States Turkey Iraq United Kingdom Canada Jordan War on ISIL (Operation Inherent Resolve) Morocco (2014–present) Australia Part of the Iraqi Civil War, Syrian Civil War, Belgium Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ongoing Second Libyan Civil War, Denmark Boko Haram Boko Haram insurgency, and the War on Terror France Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Germany Nigeria and Afghanistan Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya and Nigeria Jabhat Fatah al-Sham Italy Multinational humanitarian efforts Khorasan Arming and support for local ground forces Netherlands Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee their New Zealand homes sparking a refugee crisis Norway Tahrir al-Sham Thousands of civilians are executed by ISIL forces Portugal ISIL loses up to 30% of its territory in Iraq[17] Spain Syria ISIL controls around 50% of Syria by late May 2015[18][19] Bahrain Iran Emergence of independently-governed Kurdish regions Saudi Arabia Hezbollah Tomahawk missile strikes against Assad controlled air fields in United Arab Emirates Russia Syria US airstrikes on ISIL positions Syrian Opposition in Syria. Nigeria Chad Cameroon Niger Libya
Kurdistan
Taliban
Haqqani network Islamic Jihad Union
Alleged Supported by: Pakistan (alleged) [20][21] War in Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Ongoing (2015–present) Afghanistan ISI (alleged)[22] Security and control of Afghanistan taken over by Afghan Afghan National Security Iran[23][24] (disputed)[25] security forces Forces Russia[26][27][28](denied)[29][30] NATO implements a support mission Continued counter-terror operations being conducted by NATO Allied militias forces Allied groups ISIL establishes presence in Afghanistan and begins to recruit Jamiat-e Islami Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin fighters[31] Junbish-i-Milli al-Qaeda Failed 2015 Taliban resurgence attempt in Kunduz, northern Hezbe Wahdat Islamic Jihad Union Afghanistan[32] [33] Coalition: U.S. halts withdrawal and prolongs presence in Afghanistan ISAF troops changing mission Taliban splinter groups On April 13th, 2017 the U.S. drops GBU-43/B MOAB on an ISIS- and beginning the RSM. Resolute Support Mission K controlled tunnel system, resulting in the deaths of 94 ISIS-K Dadullah Front (2015–present) militants, including 4 commanders Fidai Mahaz
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Wilayat Khorasan
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) (http://www.HIIK.de) Conflict Barometer (https://web.archive.org/web/20080513074927/http://www.hiik.de/en/konfliktbarometer/index.html) – Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements A Continent Divided: The U.S.-Mexico War (http://library.uta.edu/usmexicwar/), Center for Greater Southwestern Studies, the University of Texas at Arlington Timeline of wars involving the United States (http://histropedia.com/timeline/1fjqtpg9bg0t), Histropedia U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts (https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS21405.pdf), Congressional Research Service
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