List of armed conflicts involving the United States
The history of armed conflicts involving the United States of America spans a period of more than four centuries. A period ranging from the early era of European colonization and the formation of the new national polity that would become the United States, to its evolvement through technological and political upheavals into a decisively modern republic and military force, and ascent onto the world stage, through the calamities of the 20th century, as the largely unrivaled imperial superpower that it is today.[1]
Colonial and early national period
The lines of conflict demarcating the wars, rebellions, and revolutions in the North American colonial and national period can be traced far back into early pre-Columbian times. However, due to the scarcity of written sources, not least resulting from the Spanish colonizers destroying a sizable amount of original Maya writings, deeming them to be heretical, historians typically make the early European settlements as their initial point of departure, of which sources are more plentiful.[2]
A further concern highlighted by historians, relating to the history of slavery and colonialism in particular, is the inherent unevenness of the terrain in which conflicts erupt, and often tremendous disproportionality of means by which they are fought and settled. As historian Ira Berlin points out slavery, by its very definition, poses a profound asymmetry of power: "For three centuries, slave masters mobilized enormous resources that stretched across continents and oceans and employed them with great ferocity in an effort to subdue their human property. Slaves, for their part, had little to depend upon but themselves."[3]
As such, four distinctive lines of conflict can be identified weaving through the colonial and early national period. Firstly, the conflicts between the European colonists and the Native American tribes. Secondly, the rival conflicts between the European states over control of the Americas. Thirdly, the mounting tensions and armed conflicts between the settlers and their rulers in Europe. And lastly, as violence between the white people grew, so too did the revolutionary fervor of the African slaves in their quest for freedom through armed insurrection.[4]
19th-century
Conflict | U.S. and allies | Opponents | Results and assessment of outcome |
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Gabriel's slave rebellion
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First Barbary War (1801–1805) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tripoli. |
United States Sweden |
Eyalet of Tripolitania Sultanate of Morocco |
U.S. allied victory
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Sabine Expedition
(1806) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana) |
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1811 German Coast Uprising (1811) Location: Territory of Orleans |
United States | Rebel slaves Supported by: |
U.S. victory
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Tecumseh's War (1811) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Northwest River Ohio |
United States | Tecumseh's Confederacy | U.S. victory
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War of 1812 (1812–1815) Location: Eastern and Central North America |
United States Choctaw Cherokee Nation Creek Allies |
United Kingdom
List
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Stalemate
Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum with no boundary changes
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Creek War (1813–1814) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Southern United States |
United States Lower Creeks Cherokee Nation Choctaw |
Red Stick Creek | U.S. allied victory
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Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary states. |
United States | Regency of Algiers | U.S. victory
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First Seminole War (1817–1818) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars |
United States | Seminole
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Victory
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Long Expedition (1819) |
U.S. Filibusters | First Mexican Empire Army of the Three Guarantees |
Mixed
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Texas–Indian wars (1820–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars and the Mexican Indian Wars Location: Texas |
Spain
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Comanche | U.S. allied victory
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Arikara War (1823) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Missouri River |
United States | Arikara | Mixed[6]
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Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States (1825–1828) Part of Piracy in the Mediterranean Location: Off Greece, Aegean Sea |
United States | Greek Pirates | U.S. victory
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Winnebago War (1827) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory |
United States Choctaw |
Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks with a few allies |
U.S. victory
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First Sumatran expedition (1832) Part of the Sumatran expeditions Location: Aceh Sultanate |
United States Netherlands |
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | U.S. allied victory
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Black Hawk War (1832) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory |
United States Ho-Chunk Menominee Dakota Potawatomi |
Black Hawks British Band Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies |
U.S. allied victory
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Second Seminole War (1835–1842) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Florida, United States |
United States | Seminole | Victory
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Second Creek War
(1836) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Alabama |
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Caroline affair
(1837) Location: Niagara River |
United States | United Kingdom | Mixed |
Osage Indian War
(1837) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Great Plains |
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Second Sumatran expedition (1838) Part of the Sumatran expeditions Location: Aceh Sultanate |
United States Netherlands |
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | U.S. allied victory
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Haun's Mill massacre
(1838) Part of Missouri Mormon War Location: Caldwell County, Missouri |
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Aroostook War (1838) Location: Maine and New Brunswick |
United States | United Kingdom | Compromise Webster–Ashburton Treaty
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Creole case
(1841) Location: Nassau, Bahamas – New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Ivory Coast Expedition (1842) Part of the African Slave Trade Patrol Location: Ivory Coast |
United States | Ivory Coast
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U.S. victory
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Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Location: Texas, New Mexico, California and Mexico |
United States California Republic |
Mexico | U.S. allied victory
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Conquest of California
(1846–1847) Location: California |
United States | Mexico | Catastrophe
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Cayuse War (1847–1855) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon |
United States | Cayuse | U.S. victory
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Ute Wars
(1849–1923) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico |
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Yuma War
(1850–1853) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Southern California |
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Johanna Expedition (1851) Location: Matsamudu, Johanna Island |
United States | Sultanate of Johanna | U.S. victory
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Apache Wars (1851–1900) Part of the Texas–Indian wars Location: Southwestern United States |
United States | Apache Ute Yavapai |
U.S. victory
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Erie Railroad War
(1853–1854) Location: Pennsylvania |
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Sioux Wars
(1854–1891) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Great Plains |
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Bleeding Kansas
(1854–1861) |
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Puget Sound War (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington |
United States Snoqualmie |
Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit |
U.S. allied victory
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First Fiji Expedition
(1855) Part of the Fiji Expeditions Location: Fiji |
United States | Fiji | U.S. victory |
Bloody Monday Election Riots of 1855
(1855) Location: Louisville, Kentucky |
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Rogue River Wars (1855–1856) Location: Rogue Valley |
United States | Rogue River people | U.S. victory
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Third Seminole War
Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars |
United States | Seminole | Stalemate[10]
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Battle of Ty-ho Bay (1855) |
United Kingdom United States |
Chinese Pirates | U.S. allied victory |
Yakima War
Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington Territory |
United States Snoqualmie |
Yakama Walla Walla tribe Umatilla tribe Nez Perce tribe Cayuse tribe |
U.S. allied victory
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Pottawatomie massacre
(1856) Part of the prelude to the American Civil War Location: Franklin County, Kansas |
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Second Opium War
Part of the Opium Wars Location: China |
British Empire French Empire United States |
Qing dynasty | U.S. allied victory
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Spirit Lake Massacre
(1857) Location: Okoboji and Spirit Lake, Iowa |
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Utah War
Part of the Mormon wars Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming |
United States | Deseret/Utah Mormons (Nauvoo Legion) | Compromise
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Mountain Meadows Massacre
(1857) Part of the Mormon wars Location: Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory |
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Marais des Cygnes massacre
(1858) Part of the prelude to the American Civil War Location: Kansas Territory, Missouri |
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Navajo Wars (1858–1866) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: New Mexico |
United States | Navajo | U.S. victory
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Antelope Hills expedition
(1858) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Comancheria, Texas, Oklahoma |
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Mohave War
(1858–1859) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona |
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Second Fiji Expedition
(1859) Part of the Fiji Expeditions Location: Fiji |
United States | Fiji | U.S. victory |
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
(1859) Part of pre-Civil War conflicts Location: West Virginia |
United States | Abolitionist Insurgents | U.S. victory |
First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861) |
United States
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Cortinista bandits | U.S. allied victory |
Paiute War
(1860) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada |
United States | Paiute Shoshone Bannock |
U.S. victory |
American Civil War (1861–1865) Location: United States |
United States | Confederate States | U.S. victory
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Sacking of Osceola
(1861) Part of the American Civil War Location: Osceola, Missouri |
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Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) Location: Arizona |
United States | Yavapai Apache Yuma Mohave |
U.S. victory |
Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Location: Minnesota and Dakota |
United States | Dakota Sioux | U.S. victory |
Lawrence massacre
(1863) Part of the American Civil War Location: Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas |
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Colorado War (1863–1865) |
United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Sioux |
Victory
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Shimonoseki War (1863–1864) Location: Kanmon Straits |
United Kingdom Dutch Empire French Empire United States |
Chōshū Domain | U.S. allied victory
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Centralia Massacre (Missouri)
(1864) Part of the American Civil War Location: Centralia, Missouri |
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Fort Pillow massacre
(1864) Part of the American Civil War Location: Lauderdale County, Tennessee |
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Snake War (1864–1868) Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho |
United States | Paiute Bannock Shoshone |
U.S. victory |
Powder River War (1865) Location: Powder River State |
United States | Sioux Cheyenne Arapaho |
Mixed |
Hualapai War
(1865–1870) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona Territory |
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Second Franco-Mexican War (1865–1867) Location: Mexico |
Mexico United States |
Second French Empire Mexican Empire |
U.S. allied victory
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Red Cloud's War (1866–1868) Location: Powder River State |
United States | Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho |
U.S. defeat
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Formosa Expedition (1867) Location: Southern Formosa (Taiwan) |
United States | Paiwan | U.S. defeat
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Comanche Campaign (1867–1875) Location: Western United States |
United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa |
U.S. victory |
Opelousas massacre
(1868) Location: Opelousas, Louisiana |
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Battle of Boca Teacapan
(1870) Location: Boca Teacapan, Sinaloa, Teacapan Estuary |
United States | Mexican pirates | U.S. victory |
Sheep Wars
(c.1870–1920) Location: Texas, Arizona and the border region of Wyoming and Colorado |
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United States expedition to Korea (1871) Location: Ganghwado |
United States | Joseon Dynasty | Victory[12] |
Modoc War (1872–1873) Location: California and Oregon |
United States | Modoc | U.S. victory |
Colfax massacre
(1873) Location: Colfax, Louisiana |
Court attackers
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Court defenders
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Catastrophe
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Election riot of 1874
(1874) Location: Barbour County, Alabama |
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Red River War (1874–1875) Location: Texas |
United States | Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa |
U.S. victory
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Coushatta massacre
(1874) Location: Louisiana |
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Las Cuevas War (1875) |
United States | Mexico | U.S. victory
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Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877) Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming |
United States | Lakota Dakota Sioux Northern Cheyenne Arapaho |
U.S. victory
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Hamburg massacre
(1876) Part of the Reconstruction Era Location: South Carolina |
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Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877) |
United States | Comanche Apache |
U.S. victory |
Nez Perce War (1877) Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana |
United States | Nez Perce Palouse |
U.S. victory |
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
(1877) Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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Bannock War (1878) |
United States | Bannock Shoshone Paiute |
U.S. victory |
Cheyenne War (1878–1879) Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana |
United States | Cheyenne | U.S. victory |
Sheepeater Indian War (1879) Location: Idaho |
United States | Shoshone | U.S. victory |
Victorio's War (1879–1881) Location: Mexico |
United States Mexico |
Apache | U.S. allied victory |
White River War (1879–1880) Location: Colorado |
United States | Ute | U.S. victory |
Tong Wars
(1880–1913) Location: San Francisco, Chicago, New York |
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Guadalupe Canyon Massacre
(1881) Location: Peloncillo Mountains – Guadalupe Mountains |
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Rock Springs massacre
(1885) Location: Rock Springs, Wyoming |
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Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886
(1886) |
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Bay View massacre
(1886) Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Haymarket affair
(1886) Location: Chicago, Illinois |
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Hawaiian rebellions
(1887–1895) Location: Hawaii |
United States Committee of Safety |
Kingdom of Hawaii | U.S. blunder
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Hells Canyon massacre
(1887) Location: Wallowa County, Oregon |
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Thibodaux massacre
(1887) Location: Thibodaux, Louisiana |
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Crow War
(1887) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana |
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Pine Ridge Campaign (1890–1891) Location: South Dakota |
United States | Sioux | Mixed |
Garza Revolution (1891–1893) |
Mexico United States |
Garzistas | U.S. allied victory |
Homestead Steel strike
(1892) Location: Homestead, Pennsylvania |
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1892 Coeur d'Alene labor strike
(1892) Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894
(1894) Location: Cripple Creek, Colorado |
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Bannock War of 1895
(1895) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Jackson's Hole, Wyoming |
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Yaqui Wars (1896–1918) |
United States Mexico |
Yaqui Pima Opata |
U.S. allied victory |
Leadville miners' strike
(1896–1897) Location: Leadville, Colorado |
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Lattimer massacre
(1897) Location: Lattimer, Pennsylvania |
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Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) Location: Samoa |
Samoa United States |
Mataafans Germany |
Mixed
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Battle of Sugar Point
(1898) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Leech Lake, Minnesota |
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Spanish–American War (1898) Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam |
United States Cuban Revolutionaries Filipino Revolutionaries |
Spain | U.S. allied victory
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Illinois coal wars
(1898–1900) Part of the Coal Wars Location: Illinois |
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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 |
Victory
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Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) |
United States | Moro Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate |
Victory
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China |
United Kingdom Russia Japan France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary |
Righteous Harmony Society (Boxers) China |
U.S. allied victory
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20th-century
- Covertly
- Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords. Air Force and Special Ops continued some operations until April 1975; President Ford in a televised speech on April 23, 1975 declared the end of Vietnam War.
- The war reignited on 13 December 1974 with offensive operations by North Vietnam, leading to victory over South Vietnam in under two months.
21st-century
Conflict | U.S. and allies | Opponents | Results and assessment of outcome |
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Nepalese Civil War
(2002–2006) Part of the War on Terror Location: Nepal |
Kingdom of Nepal | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
U.S. allied defeat
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War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Afghanistan |
Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan United States Canada United Kingdom Australia Croatia Czech Republic Georgia Germany Italy Romania Spain Turkey Formerly: ISAF |
Taliban
Allied groups
Taliban splinter groups IS-Affiliates:
2001 Invasion: |
Ongoing
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Insurgency in the Maghreb
(2002–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Maghreb, Sahara desert, Sahel |
Algeria Morocco Mauritania Tunisia Burkina Faso Chad Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal Supported & Trained By: United States Canada France Germany Netherlands Spain United Kingdom |
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2007–17) Ansar Dine (2012–17) Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin 2017–present Supported By: Boko Haram (2009–15) MOJWA (2011–13)
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Ongoing
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Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
(2002–present) Location: Horn of Africa, Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel |
NATO
NATO allies:
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ISIL al-Qaeda Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahedeen al-Itihaad al-Islamiya Islamic Courts Union Hizbul Islam Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia Ras Kamboni Brigades Jabhatul Islamiya Mu'askar Anole Pirates: |
Ongoing |
Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the War on Terror Location: Iraq |
United States Iraq United Kingdom Australia South Korea Italy Georgia Poland Spain Netherlands Ukraine Romania |
Ba'ath Loyalists
Islamic State of Iraq 2003 Invasion: |
Partial Victory
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War in North-West Pakistan (2004–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Pakistan |
United States |
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Turkistan Islamic Party Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi |
Ongoing
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War in Somalia (2007–present) Location: Somalia and Northeastern Kenya |
Somalia United States United Kingdom Kenya Ethiopia AMISOM |
Al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam |
Ongoing
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Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) Location: Indian Ocean |
NATO United States Malaysia Norway United Kingdom New Zealand Denmark Netherlands Italy South Korea India |
Somali pirates | U.S. allied victory
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American-led intervention in Libya (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis Location: Libya |
NATO United States United Kingdom Belgium Bulgaria Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Spain Turkey Sweden Jordan Qatar United Arab Emirates |
Libya | U.S. allied victory
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Operation Observant Compass
(2011-2017) Location: Uganda |
Lord's Resistance Army | Victory
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American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Iraqi Civil War, the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, and the International ISIS campaign Location: Iraq |
United States Iraq Kurdistan Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Jordan Morocco Netherlands United Kingdom Turkey |
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria | Ongoing
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American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present) Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian Civil War and the International ISIS campaign Location: Syria |
United States
Democratic Federation of Northern Syria CJTF-OIR Members: Israel (limited involvement; against Hezbollah and government forces only) Formerly:
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ISIS
Partial Support: Syria (limited encounters with US and Israel) |
Ongoing
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Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Location: Yemen |
Hadi government Saudi-led Coalition: Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar (2015-2017) United States France United Kingdom |
Supreme Political Council Houthis Ahrar al-Najran Supported by: Iran Hezbollah North Korea |
Ongoing
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American intervention in Libya (2015–present) Part of the Second Libyan Civil War Location: Libya |
United States Libya |
Islamic State in Libya | Ongoing
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2019–2020 Persian Gulf crisis (2019–present)
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United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia |
Iran | Ongoing
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See also
- Military history of the United States
- American imperialism
- Indian removal
- Foreign policy of the United States
- Timeline of United States military operations
- List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
- List of massacres in the United States
- List of wars fought by the United States
- United States involvement in regime change
- United States war crimes
- Genocide of indigenous peoples
- United States military casualties of war
- List of ongoing armed conflicts
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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