List of the lengths of United States participation in wars

Lengths of U.S. combat forces' participation in wars

War in the context of this list is broadly construed to be armed conflict between organized U.S. military forces and organized forces of (a) belligerent(s).

WarDatesDurationDuration (graphical representation)
1.Afghan War2001 – 2014, 2015 – present[1][2]19.4 years
(19 years, 4 months)
2.Vietnam War1955/11 – 1973/04[3][4][5][6][7]17.4 years
(17 years, 4 months)
3.Moro Rebellion1899 – 191314 years
4.War in North-West Pakistan2004 – 201713 years
5.Northwest Indian War1785 – 179510 years
6.Iraq War2003/03 – 2011/12[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]8.9 years
(8 years, 9 months)
7.American Revolutionary War1775/04 – 1783/098.4 years
(8 years, 5 months)
8.Second Seminole War
1835/12 – 1842/08

6.7 years
(6 years, 7 month)
9.War on ISIS2014/06 – present6.7 years
(6 years, 7 months)
10.First Barbary War1801/05 – 1805/064.1 years
(4 years, 1 month)
11.American Civil War1861/04 – 1865/044.0 years
12.World War II1941/12 – 1945/083.7 years
(3 years, 8 months)
13.Korean War1950/06 – 1953/073.1 years
(3 years, 1 month)
14.War of 18121812/06 – 1814/122.5 years
(2 years, 6 months)
15.Red Cloud's War1866/07 – 1868/041.8 years
(1 year, 9 months)
16.Mexican–American War1846/04 – 1848/021.8 years
(1 year, 9 months)
17.World War I1917/04 – 1918/111.6 years
(1 year, 7 months)
18.Russian Civil War1918/09 – 1920/04[15]1.6 years
(1 year, 7 months)
19.Great Sioux War of 18761876/02 – 1877/051.2 years
(1 year, 3 months)
20.Libyan Civil War (2011)2011/03 – 2011/10[16]0.6 years
(7 months)
21.Persian Gulf War1990/08 – 1991/02[17][18]0.6 years
(7 months)
22.Whiskey Rebellion1794/05 – 1794/100.4 years
(5 months)
23.Spanish–American War1898/04 – 1898/08114 days
24.Kosovo War1999/03 – 1999/06[19]79 days
25.Invasion of Panama1989/12 – 1990/0142 days
26.Cuban Missile Crisis1962/10/16 – 1962/10/2812 days
27.Invasion of Grenada1983/10/25 – 1983/10/294 days
28.Bay of Pigs Invasion1961/04/17 – 1961/04/203 days

(Ongoing wars indicated in bold and with orange bars.) Sources are found in the main articles of each war, as well as the Associated Press.[20]

See also

References
  1. Knefel, John (January 7, 2015). "Drone Rules in Afghanistan Go Unchanged, And Other Reasons the War Isn't Really Over". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  2. Sennott, Charles M. (May 5, 2015). "The First Battle of the 21st Century". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 15, 2015. Even after 14 years of war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has not at all succeeded in restoring security to the country or defeating the Taliban. Now, at the request of the new Afghan government, the United States has delayed the completion of its troop withdrawal from the country until 2016 at the earliest.
  3. Rohn, Alan (March 26, 2013). "When was the end of the Vietnam War?". The Vietnam War. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20131020044326/http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=1902
  5. DoD 1998
  6. Lawrence 2009, p. 20
  7. Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords
  8. "- The Washington Post". Washington Post.
  9. "US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,452".
  10. "Why can't we stop our wars?".
  11. Wood, David (April 27, 2011). "Robert Gates' Pentagon Legacy: Unfinished Wars, Unfinished Budget Reform" – via Huff Post.
  12. "Obama May Face Tough Decision as Iraqi Leader Signals U.S. Troops Could Stay".
  13. "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Cite uses generic title (help)
  14. Terkel, Amanda (May 11, 2011). "Iraq Withdrawal Date For U.S. Troops May Be Pushed Back Beyond 2011" – via Huff Post.
  15. Robert L. Willett, "Russian Sideshow" (Washington, D.C., Brassey's Inc., 2003), page 267
  16. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-15516795
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. (33)The term "Persian Gulf War" means the period beginning on August 2, 1990, and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/101
  19. PBS Frontline, A Kosovo Chronology
  20. "U.S. Participation in Major Wars". Fox News. Associated Press. November 25, 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

Bibliography
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) (November 6, 1998). "Name of Technical Sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon to be added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial". DoD.
Lawrence, A. T. (2009). Crucible Vietnam: Memoir of an Infantry Lieutenant. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-44517-2.
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