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This is a list of wars involving the United States of America.[1]
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18th-century wars[edit]
19th-century wars[edit]
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20th-century wars[edit]
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- ^ Advisory role from the forming of the MAAG in Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
- ^ 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 wars[edit]
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for the United States and its Allies |
|---|---|---|---|
| War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Part of the War on Terror and the War in Afghanistan (1978–present) Location: Afghanistan |
 Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan United States Canada United Kingdom Australia Croatia Czech Republic Georgia Germany Italy Romania Spain TurkeyFormerly:  ISAF
|
 Taliban
Allied groups
Taliban splinter groups  IS-Affiliates:
2001 Invasion: |
Ongoing
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| 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
2003 Invasion: |
US-Allied Victory
|
| War in North-West Pakistan (2004–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Pakistan  MQ-1 Predator drones are typically used in covert bombing operations in the Federally administered tribal regions of Pakistan |
United States |
 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Turkistan Islamic Party Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi |
Ongoing
|
| Second U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (2007–present) Part of the Somali Civil War (1991–present) and the War on Terror Location: Somalia and Northeastern Kenya |
 Somalia United States United Kingdom Kenya Ethiopia AMISOM United Nations
|
 Al-ShabaabHizbul Islam |
Ongoing
|
| Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) Part of the War on Terror Location: Indian Ocean  A tall plume of black smoke rises from a destroyed pirate vessel that was struck by USS Farragut in March 2010. |
 NATO United States Malaysia Norway United Kingdom New Zealand Denmark Netherlands Italy South Korea India |
Somali pirates | US-allied victory
|
| International intervention in Libya (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis and the First Libyan Civil War 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
|
US-allied victory
|
| Operation Observant Compass (2011–2017) Part of the War on Terror Location: Uganda |
United States Uganda DR Congo Central African Republic South Sudan
|
 Lord's Resistance Army
|
US-allied victory
|
| American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Iraqi Civil War, the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, the War on Terror and the International ISIS campaign Location: Iraq  General Stephen J. Townsend observes a HIMARS strike that destroyed a building near Haditha, September 2016 |
United States Iraq Kurdistan Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Jordan Morocco Netherlands United Kingdom Turkey |
 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
|
US-allied victory
|
| American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present) Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian Civil War, the War on Terror and the International ISIS campaign Location: Syria  USS Ross fires Tomahawk missiles towards Shayrat Military Base, during the 2017 retaliatory strike against the Syrian government. |
United States
Formerly:
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ISIS
Partial Support:  Syria (limited encounters with US and Israel) |
Ongoing
|
| Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Part of the War on Terror and the International ISIS Campaign Location: Yemen  U.S. Naval vessel patrolling along the coastline of Yemen enforcing the American-Saudi blockade against Iran. |
 Hadi governmentSaudi-led Coalition:  Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar (2015–2017)
|
Supreme Political Council Houthis Ahrar al-Najran
Supported by:  Iran Hezbollah North Korea
|
Ongoing
|
| American intervention in Libya (2015–present) Part of the Second Libyan Civil War, the War on Terror, and the International ISIS Campaign Location: Libya .jpg) |
United States Libya
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 Islamic State in Libya
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Ongoing
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See also[edit]
- Military history
- Timeline of United States military operations
- United States involvement in regime change
- List of ongoing armed conflicts
References[edit]
- ^ history, Martin Kelly Martin H. Kelly is a former; Teacher, Social Studies; Books, The Author of Two History; life, one on Colonial; Tampa, the other on American Presidents He is an online course developer for the UK-based Pamoja Education company He lives in; Florida. "American Involvement in Wars from Colonial Times to the Present". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tripolitan War | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ a b c d r2WPadmin. "First Barbary War". American History Central. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Serial 89, 18th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Document No. 1, p. 95
- ^ The Nation. J.H. Richards. 1889. pp. 256–.
- ^ "History: World War I".
- ^ Mujaju 1987, p. 484.
- ^ "Communist Insurgency In Thailand" (PDF). CIA Report. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Anatomy of a Counterinsurgency victory" (PDF). January 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes". September 23, 1982.
- ^ "The Collapse of Lebanon's Army: U.S. Said to Ignore Factionalism". March 11, 1984.
- ^ http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a432768.pdf
- ^ Cambridge Scholars Publisher (2015). Coercive Diplomacy of NATO in Kosovo. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 289–. ISBN 978-1-4438-7668-1.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/07/world/nato-was-closer-to-ground-war-in-kosovo-than-is-widely-realized.html
- ^ https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/isec.2009.34.1.83?journalCode=isec
- ^ "The operation was essentially a failure" (Bergen 2002, p. 124)"... The highly unsuccessful Operation Infinite Reach ... backfired and acted as a recruitment drive for bin Laden's Al Qaeda" (Williams 2017, pp. 52-53)."... The failed strikes were dubbed Operation Infinite Reach ... the missile attacks exposed the inadequacy of American intelligence and the futility of military power" (Wright 2006, p. 285). Zenko (2010, p. 139) judges Operation Infinite Reach to be both a political and military failure.
- ^ "Central Asian groups split over leadership of global jihad". The Long War Journal. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Sectarian divisions change Baghdad's image". MSNBC. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
- ^ Petrou, Michael (9 September 2011). "The decline of al-Qaeda". Maclean's.
George W. Bush gambled on surging thousands more troops to the embattled country. It paid off. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is now a diminished force without territory.
- ^ Spencer C. Tucker. U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and the War on Terror. ISBN 1-4408-3879-8.
Al Qaeda in Iraq was decimated by the end of the Iraq War in 2011
- ^ South, Todd (2019-01-20). "Army’s long-awaited Iraq war study finds Iran was the only winner in a conflict that holds many lessons for future wars". Army Times. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ Galbraith, Peter W. (2007). The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End. Simon & Schuster. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7432-9424-9.
- ^ "Iran expands regional 'empire' ahead of nuclear deal". Reuters.
- ^ "How to Stop Iran's Growing Hegemony". National Review Online.
- ^ "The JRTN Movement and Iraq's Next Insurgency | Combating Terrorism Center at West Point". Ctc.usma.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
- ^ "Al-Qaeda's Resurgence in Iraq: A Threat to U.S. Interests". U.S. Department of State. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ "Petition asking for halt on US drone strikes in Pakistan dismissed by SC | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ a b c "Service and Sacrifice: Ugandan 'Blue Helmets' support UN efforts to bring peace to Somalia". UN News. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ Somalia, EUTM. "Home". EUTM-Somalia. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Somali piracy is down 90 per cent from last year". The Journal. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Holmes, Oliver (24 January 2012). "UPDATE 1-Anger, chaos but no revolt after Libya violence". Bani Walid. Reuters Africa. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ African migrants sold in Libya 'slave markets', IOM says. BBC.
- ^ "Migrants from west Africa being 'sold in Libyan slave markets'". The Guardian.
- ^ Baddorf, Zack (20 April 2017). "Uganda Ends Its Hunt for Joseph Kony Empty-Handed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "IS left 200 mass graves in Iraq - UN". 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ Reuters (2019-06-15). "Belgium takes back six children of Isis fighters from Syrian camps". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ Press, Deb Riechmann, The Associated (2019-04-16). "Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war". Military Times. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "Houthis – Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance". Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "How Yemen's Iran-backed Rebels Weaponized Drones Against Saudi Arabia". Haaretz. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Saudi air defence intercepts five Houthi drones: SPA". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Arab Coalition says Iran-supplied drone shot down in southern Saudi Arabia". The National. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Houthi drones kill several at Yemeni military parade". Reuters. 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Wreckage of UAE aid ship attacked by Houthi rebels - in pictures". The National. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Abu Dhabi airport using drone". Reuters. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
External links[edit]
- 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[permanent dead link], 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
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