List of foreign military attacks on United States territory

This is a list of attacks against territory held by the United States of America.

Attacks on mainland U.S. or organized incorporated U.S. territories

• American Revolutionary War 1775–1780 (Perpetrator: Great Britain)
• American Indian Wars 1775–1918 (Perpetrator: Insurgent American Indian Tribes)
• War of 1812 1812–1815 (Perpetrator: Great Britain)
• Thornton Affair April 26, 1846 (Perpetrator: Second Federal Republic of Mexico)
• Mexican–American War 1846–1848 (Perpetrator: Second Federal Republic of Mexico)
• American Civil War 1861-1865 (Perpetrator: Confederate States of America)
• Black Tom explosion July 30, 1916 (Perpetrator: German Empire)
• Battle of Columbus 1916 (Perpetrator: Villista Insurgents)
• Bombardment of Orleans 1918 (Perpetrator: German Empire)
• Battle of Ambos Nogales 1918 (Perpetrator: Improvised Mexican civilian voluntaries)
• Bombing of Naco 1929 (Perpetrator: Escobar rebels)
• American Theater (World War II) 1941–1945 (Perpetrator: Axis powers)
• 1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters January 25, 1993 (Perpetrator: A Lone-wolf Muslim extremist)
• 1993 World Trade Center bombing February 26, 1993 (Perpetrator: Al-Qaeda)
• Oklahoma City bombing April 19, 1995 ( Perpetrator: Domestic terrorists)
• September 11 attacks on New York City, New York; Arlington, Virginia; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania September 11, 2001 (Perpetrator: Al-Qaeda)

Attacks on U.S. unincorporated territories

• Japanese invasion of the Philippines 1941–1945
• Battle of Guam 1941
• Battle of Wake 1941
• Battle of Midway 1942

See also

• Impressment
• Texas Revolution
• California Republic
• Mexican Revolution
• United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution
• Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
• List of conflicts in the United States