List of wars involving the United States

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This is a chronological list of wars involving the United States during and since the American Revolutionary War, detailing all constituent military campaigns.

Dates indicate the years in which the United States was involved in the war.

See also Timeline of United States military operations.

Contents 1 18th Century 2 19th Century 3 20th Century 4 21st Century

[edit] 18th Century

• American Revolutionary War, 1775 – 1783
  • Boston campaign, 1775 - 1776
  • Canadian Theatre, 1775 - 1776
  • New York and New Jersey campaign, 1776 - 1777
  • Saratoga Campaign, 1777
  • Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 - 1778
  • Western Theatre, 1775 - 1782
  • Northern Theater, 1778 - 1781
  • Southern Theatre, 1775 - 1782
• Northwest Indian War, 1785 - 1795
• Quasi-War, France, 1798 – 1800

[edit] 19th Century

• First Barbary War, 1801 – 1805
• War of Sitka, 1804
• War of 1812, 1812 – 1815
  • Tecumseh's War, 1811 - 1813
  • Lake Champlain Campaign, 1812 - 1814
  • Niagara Campaign, 1812 - 1814
  • Detroit Campaign, 1812 - 1814
  • Chesapeake Campaign, 1813 - 1814
  • Creek War, 1813 - 1814
  • Peoria War, 1813
  • Southern Campaign,
• Second Barbary War, 1815
• First Seminole War, 1817 - 1818
• Winnebago War, 1827
• Black Hawk War, 1832
• First Sumatran Expedition, 1832
  • Battle of Quallah Battoo, 1832
• Texas War, 1835 - 1836
• Second Seminole War, 1835 - 1842
• Second Sumatran Expedition, 1838
  • Bombardment of Quallah Battoo, 1838
• Missouri Mormon War, 1838
  • Bombardment of Muckie, 1838
• Aroostook War, 1838-1839
• Dorr War, 1841-1842
• Milwaukee Bridge War1845
• Mexican-American War, 1846 – 1848
  • Texas Campaign, 1846
  • Bear Flag Revolt, California, 1846
  • Arizona Campaign, 1846
  • Mexican Campaign, 1846 - 1848
• Navajo Wars, 1846 - 1863
• Cayuse War, 1847 - 1855
• Apache Wars, 1851 - 1900
• Nicaraguan Expedition, 1854
  • Bombardment of San Juan del Norte, 1854
• Kansas War, 1854 - 1860
  • Raid on Harpers Ferry, 1859
• Third Seminole War, 1855 - 1858
• Second Opium War, 1856 - 1859 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Battle of the Pearl River Forts, 1856
  • Second Battle of Taku Forts, 1859
• Utah War, 1857
• Pig War, 1859
• American Civil War, 1861 – 1865
  • Union blockade, 1861 - 1865
  • Eastern Theater, 1861 - 1865
  • Western Theater, 1861 - 1865
  • Lower Seaboard Theater, 1861 - 1865
  • Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1861 - 1865
  • Dakota War, 1862
  • Pacific Coast Theater, 1863
  • Sand Creek War, 1864
  • Comanche War, 1867 - 1875
  • Colorado War, 1863 - 1865
• Japanese Conflict, 1863 - 1864 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Battle of Shimonoseki Straits, 1863
  • Shimonoseki Campaign, 1863 - 1864
• Formosan Expedition, 1867
  • Battle of Formosa, 1867
• Red Cloud's War, 1866 - 1868
• United States expedition to Korea, 1866 - 1871 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Battle of Keupsa Gate, 1866
  • Battle of Gangwha, 1871
• Modoc War, 1872 - 1873
• Red River War, 1874 - 1875
• Black Hills War, 1876 - 1877
• Nez Perce War, 1877
• Bannock War, 1878
• Cheyenne War, 1878 - 1879
• Sheepeater Indian War, 1879
• Ute War, 1879-1880
• Ghost Dance War, 1890 - 1891
• Pine Ridge Campaign, 1890-1891
• Battle of Sugar Point, 1898
• Spanish-American War, 1898
  • Cuban Campaign, 1898
  • Puerto Rican Campaign, 1898
  • Pacific Campaign, 1898
• Second Samoan Civil War, 1899 (time span of U.S. involvement)
• Philippine-American War, 1899 - 1913
  • Battle of Manila (1899), 1899
  • Moro Rebellion, 1899 - 1913
• Boxer Rebellion, China, 1899 - 1901
  • Peking Campaign, 1900

[edit] 20th Century

• Banana Wars, 1907 - 1934
  • Nicaraguan Conflict, 1907 - 1933 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Honduras Conflict, 1907 - 1933 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Guatemalan Conflict, 1907 - 1933 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • First Panama Conflict, 1908 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Cuban Conflict, 1912 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Haiti Conflict, 1915 - 1934 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • First Dominican Republic Conflict, 1917 - 1924 (time span of U.S. involvement)
• Mexican Revolution, 1914 - 1918 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Battle of Veracruz, 1914
  • Battle of Columbus, 1916
  • Battle of Carrizal, 1916
  • Battle of Bear Valley, 1918
  • Battle of Ambos Nogales, 1918
• World War I, 1917 – 1918 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • European Theatre, 1917 - 1918
  • First Battle of the Atlantic, 1917-1918
• Russian Revolution, 1918 - 1920 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Polar Bear Expedition, 1918 - 1919
  • Siberian Expedition, 1918 - 1920
• World War II, 1941 – 1945 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Second Battle of the Atlantic, 1941 - 1945
  • Pacific War, 1941 - 1945
  • African Theatre, 1942 - 1943
  • European Theatre, 1942 - 1945
• Korean War, 1950 - 1953
  • South Korean Campaign, 1950 - 1953
  • North Korean Campaign, 1950 - 1953
• 1958 Lebanon crisis, 1958 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Operation Blue Bat, 1958
• Cuban Missile Crisis, 1961 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961
• Vietnam War, 1962 - 1975 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Laotian Civil War, 1962 - 1973
  • Cambodian Civil War, 1969 - 1970
• Second Dominican Republic Conflict, 1965 - 1966
  • Operation Powerpack, 1965 - 1966
• Second Korean War, 1966 - 1976
• Contra War, El Salvador, 1981 - 1990
• Libya Conflict, 1981 - 1989 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • First Action in the Gulf of Sidra, 1981
  • Second Action in the Gulf of Sidra, 1986
  • 1986 bombing of Libya, 1986
  • Third Action in the Gulf of Sidra, 1989
• Grenada Conflict, 1983 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Operation Urgent Fury, 1983
• Iran–Iraq War, 1987 - 1989 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Operation Earnest Will, 1987 - 1988
  • Operation Prime Chance, 1987 - 1989
  • Operation Eager Glacier, 1987
  • Operation Nimble Archer, 1987
  • Operation Praying Mantis, 1988
• Second Panama Conflict, 1989 - 1990 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Operation Just Cause, 1989 - 1990
• Persian Gulf War, Iraq, 1991 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Operation Desert Shield, 1991
  • Operation Desert Storm, 1991
• Iraq Conflict, 1991 - 2003 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Operation Provide Comfort, 1991 - 1996
  • Operation Northern Watch, 1997 - 2003
  • Operation Southern Watch, 1992 - 2003
  • Operation Desert Fox, 1998
  • Operation Southern Focus, 2002 - 2003
• Somali Civil War, 1992 - 1994 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Operation Provide Relief, 1992
  • Operation Restore Hope, 1992 - 1994
  • United Nations Operation in Somalia I, 1992
  • United Nations Operation in Somalia II, 1993 - 1995
• First Haitian Rebellion, 1994 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Operation Uphold Democracy, 1994 - 1995
• Yugoslav wars, 1994 - 1999 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • Bosnian Conflict, 1994 - 1995
  • Kosovo Conflict, 1997 - 1999

[edit] 21st Century

• War on Terrorism, 2001 - present
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan 2001 - present
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines 2002 - present
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa 2002 - present
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 - present
  • War in North-West Pakistan, 2004 - present
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara 2007 - present
• Second Haitian Rebellion, 2004 (time span of U.S. involvement)
  • United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, 2004 - present

v • d • e Major Armed Conflicts Involving the United States Armed Forces Internal Shays' Rebellion · Whiskey Rebellion · Toledo War · Dorr Rebellion · Mormon War · Honey War · Bleeding Kansas · Utah War · Civil War · Indian Wars · Brooks–Baxter War · Battle of Blair Mountain International Revolutionary War · Quasi-War · First Barbary War · War of 1812 · Second Barbary War · Sumatran Expeditions · Mexican–American War · Spanish–American War · Philippine–American War · Boxer Rebellion · Banana Wars · Pancho Villa Expedition · World War I · Russian Civil War · World War II · Korean War · Vietnam War · Invasion of Grenada · Invasion of Panama · Gulf War · Somali Civil War · Bosnian War · Kosovo War · War in Afghanistan · Iraq War · War in North-West Pakistan Related articles List of conflicts in the US · List of wars involving the US · Timeline of US military operations · Length of U.S. participation in major wars · Overseas expansion · Military history · Covert regime-change actions · Casualties of war

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v • d • e Lists of wars involving North American countries Sovereign states Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Canada · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama1 · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago1 · United States Dependencies and other territories Anguilla · Aruba1 · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Netherlands Antilles1 · Puerto Rico · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States Virgin Islands 1 Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of South America.