List of wars involving the United States

This is a list of wars involving the United States of America.

18th-century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and its Allies
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) Location: Eastern North America, Gibraltar, India, Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic The Battle of Long Island, 27 August 1776	United States France Canadian Auxiliaries Spain Iroquois Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw Dutch Republic Mysore	Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries Iroquois Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Cherokee	Victory Treaty of Paris (1783) Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America
Cherokee–American wars (1776–1795) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Old Southwest Abduction of Daniel Boone's daughter by the Cherokee	United States	Cherokee	Victory
Northwest Indian War (1785–1793) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Northwest Territory The Battle of Fallen Timbers	United States Chickasaw Choctaw	Western Confederacy List Council of Three Fires Iroquois Confederacy Seven Nations of Canada Wabash Confederacy (Wea, Piankashaw, and others) Illini Confederacy Wyandot Mississaugas Menominee Shawnee Lenape Miami Kickapoo Kaskaskia Chickamauga Cherokee (or "Lower Cherokee") Upper Muscogee Great Britain British North America	Victory Treaty of Greenville (1795) British withdrawal American occupation of the Northwest Territory
Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787) Location: Massachusetts Shays' troops are repulsed from the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts in early 1787.	United States	Anti-Government Protesters	Victory Problems with the Articles of Confederation spur U.S. Constitutional Convention
Whiskey Rebellion (1791–1794) Location: Western Pennsylvania George Washington reviews troops before their march to suppress the rebellion in western Pennsylvania.	United States	Frontier tax protesters	Victory Armed resistance eliminated Minor tax evasion
Quasi-War (1798–1800) Part of the French Revolutionary Wars Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean USS Constellation vs. L'Insurgente	United States Co-belligerent: Great Britain	France Guadeloupe	Victory Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance End of French privateer attacks on American shipping American neutrality and renunciation of claims by France

19th-century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and its Allies
First Barbary War (1801–1805) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tripoli. Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon at Derna, April 1805	United States Sweden	Eyalet of Tripolitania Sultanate of Morocco	Victory Peace treaty
1811 German Coast Uprising (1811) Location: Territory of Orleans	United States	Rebel slaves Supported by: Haiti	Victory Suppression and later trials
Tecumseh's War (1811) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Northwest River Ohio The Battle of Tippecanoe	United States	Tecumseh's Confederacy List Shawnee Red Sticks Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot	Victory Peace treaty
War of 1812 (1812–1815) Location: Eastern and Central North America General Andrew Jackson stands on the parapet of his makeshift defenses as his troops repulse attacking Highlanders, by painter Edward Percy Moran in 1910.	United States Choctaw Cherokee Nation Creek Allies	United Kingdom British North America Tecumseh's Confederacy List Shawnee Red Sticks Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot Spain (1814)	Stalemate Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum with no boundary changes British assault on Sacket's Harbor repulsed American invasions of British North America repulsed British invasions of the United States repulsed Defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy
Creek War (1813–1814) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Southern United States The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, 1814	United States Lower Creeks Cherokee Nation Choctaw	Red Stick Creek	Victory Creek forced to cede 23 million acres (93,000 km²) of their territory to the United States in the Treaty of Fort Jackson
Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary states. Decatur's squadron off Algiers	United States	Regency of Algiers	Victory Peace treaty
First Seminole War (1817–1818) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Florida Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke near Tampa Bay	United States	Seminole Spanish Florida	Victory Spain cedes Spanish Florida to the United States in the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 The United States forcibly relocates Seminole in northern Florida to a reservation in the centre of the peninsula in the Treaty of Moultrie Creek of 1823
Texas–Indian wars (1820–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars and the Mexican Indian Wars Location: Texas A Kiowa ledger drawing depicting a battle between Southern Plains Indians and the U.S. Army during the Red River War	Spain Mexico Republic of Texas United States	Comanche	Victory Extinction of many tribes in Texas, including the Karankawan, Akokisa and Bidui
Arikara War (1823) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Missouri River	United States	Arikara	Partial victory The Arikara are eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota
Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States (1825–1828) Part of Piracy in the Mediterranean Location: Off Greece, Aegean Sea Greek pirate boats attacking HMS Comet	United States	Greek Pirates	Victory Defeat of Greek pirates HMS Comet liberated by American forces Message of thanks issued to Louis Goldsborough from the British government
Winnebago War (1827) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory	United States	Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks with a few allies	Victory Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States
First Sumatran expedition (1832) Part of the Sumatran expeditions Location: Aceh Sultanate U.S. infantry assaulting the Acehnese forts at Kuala Batu in 1832	United States Netherlands	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory Sumatran attacks on U.S. shipping halted for another six years, until another attack which resulted in the second Sumatran expedition in 1838
Black Hawk War (1832) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory Native women and children fleeing the Battle of Bad Axe	United States Ho-Chunk Menominee Dakota Potawatomi	Black Hawks British Band Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies	Victory End of Native armed resistance to U.S. expansion in the Old Northwest Black Hawk Purchase (1832) The United States purchases Potawatomi land in the Treaty of Tippecanoe (1832) The United States purchases the rest of Potawatomi land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Chicago (1833)
Second Seminole War (1835–1842) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Florida, United States U.S. Marines search for Seminoles in the Everglades	United States	Seminole	Victory 3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory 300 remain in Everglades
Second Sumatran expedition (1838) Part of the Sumatran expeditions Location: Aceh Sultanate	United States Netherlands	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory Malays cease attacks on American vessels
Aroostook War (1838) Location: Maine and New Brunswick	United States	United Kingdom British North America	Compromise Webster–Ashburton Treaty Modern border of Maine and New Brunswick agreed upon British (Canadian) withdrawal from territory claimed by the United States
Ivory Coast Expedition (1842) Part of the African Slave Trade Patrol Location: Ivory Coast Veterans of the expedition on board Saratoga in 1842	United States	Ivory Coast Bereby people	Victory Little Bereby destroyed
Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Location: Texas, New Mexico, California and Mexico 2nd Dragoons charge the enemy at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, 1846	United States California Republic	Mexico	Victory Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession Mexican recognition of Texas and California (among other territories) as independent; end of conflict between Mexico and Texas
Cayuse War (1847–1855) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon	United States	Cayuse	Victory Cayuse reduced in numbers and forced to cede most of their lands
Apache Wars (1851–1900) Part of the Texas–Indian wars Location: Southwestern United States U.S. Cavalry dash for cover while fighting Apaches, by F. Remington	United States	Apache Ute Yavapai	Victory Apaches moved to reservations
Puget Sound War (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington	United States Snoqualmie	Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit	Victory Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde and Coast Reservations
First Fiji Expedition Part of the Fiji Expeditions (1855) Location: Fiji	United States	Fiji	Victory
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856) Location: Rogue Valley	United States	Rogue River people	Victory Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde and Coast Reservations
Third Seminole War Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars (1855–1858) Location: Pensacola, Florida	United States	Seminole	Victory By late 1850s, most Seminoles forced to leave their land; a few hundred remain deep in the Everglades on land unwanted by white settlers
Yakima War Part of the American Indian Wars (1855–1858) Location: Washington Territory Seattleites evacuate to the town blockhouse as USS Decatur opens fire on advancing tribal forces.	United States Snoqualmie	Yakama Walla Walla tribe Umatilla tribe Nez Perce tribe Cayuse tribe	Victory Peace treaty
Second Opium War Part of the Opium Wars (1856–1859) Location: China Palikao's bridge, on the evening of the battle, by Émile Bayard	British Empire French Empire United States	Qing dynasty	Victory Treaties of Tientsin Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island ceded to the United Kingdom as part of British Hong Kong
Utah War Part of the Mormon wars (1857–1858) Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming	United States	Deseret/Utah Mormons (Nauvoo Legion)	Compromise Resolution through negotiation Brigham Young replaced as governor of the territory Full amnesty for charges of sedition and treason issued to the citizens of Utah Territory by President James Buchanan on the condition that they accept American Federal authority
Navajo Wars Part of the American Indian Wars (1858–1866) Location: New Mexico Fort Defiance	United States	Navajo	Victory Long Walk of the Navajo Navajos moved to reservations
Second Fiji Expedition Part of the Fiji Expeditions (1859) Location: Fiji	United States	Fiji	Victory
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Part of pre-Civil War conflicts (1859) Location: West Virginia Harper's Weekly illustration of U.S. Marines attacking John Brown's "Fort" Teresa Baine	United States	Abolitionist Insurgents	Victory
First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861) Location: Texas and Mexico	United States Confederate States Mexico	Cortinista bandits	Victory
Paiute War Part of the American Indian Wars (1860) Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada	United States	Paiute Shoshone Bannock	Victory
American Civil War (1861–1865) Location: United States The Battle of Antietam, by Kurz & Allison.	United States	Confederate States	Victory Territorial integrity preserved Dissolution of the Confederacy Slavery abolished Lincoln assassinated Beginning of the Reconstruction Era
Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) Location: Arizona	United States	Yavapai Apache Yuma Mohave	Victory
Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Location: Minnesota and Dakota The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota on August 19, 1862	United States	Dakota Sioux	Victory
Colorado War (1863–1865) Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho Sioux	Victory Military and congressional hearings against John Chivington
Shimonoseki War (1863–1864) Location: Kanmon Straits Capture of a Choshu battery at Shimonoseki by British sailors and marines.	British Empire Dutch Empire French Empire United States	Chōshū Domain	Victory Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000.
Snake War (1864–1868) Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho	United States	Paiute Bannock Shoshone	Victory
Powder River War (1865) Location: Powder River State	United States	Sioux Cheyenne Arapaho	Stalemate
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868) Location: Powder River State The Fetterman Massacre	United States	Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho	Defeat Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to Native Americans Creation of the Great Sioux Reservation (including the Black Hills)
Formosa Expedition (1867) Location: Southern Formosa (Taiwan) US Marines and Sailors attack Formosan pirates.	United States	Paiwan	Defeat American withdrawal after Marine commander killed, subsequent Formosan retreat No other casualties
Comanche Campaign (1867–1875) Location: Western United States Battle of Beecher Island. One soldier and three horses have fallen, while others continue to wage the battle.	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa	Victory
United States expedition to Korea (1871) Location: Ganghwado American forces after capturing the Deokjin Fort during the Battle of Ganghwa in 1871.	United States	Joseon Dynasty	Victory United States-Korea Treaty of 1882
Modoc War (1872–1873) Location: California and Oregon Engraving of soldiers recovering the bodies of the slain May 3, 1873.	United States	Modoc	Victory
Red River War (1874–1875) Location: Texas	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa	Victory End to the Texas-Indian Wars
Las Cuevas War (1875) Location: Texas and Mexico Texan soldiers.	United States	Mexico	Victory Cattle returned to Texas
Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877) Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn.	United States	Lakota Dakota Sioux Northern Cheyenne Arapaho	Victory Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to the United States
Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877) Location: Texas and Oklahoma	United States	Comanche Apache	Victory
Nez Perce War (1877) Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana Chief Joseph's band in the Battle of Bear Paw Mountain	United States	Nez Perce Palouse	Victory
Bannock War (1878) Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming	United States	Bannock Shoshone Paiute	Victory
Cheyenne War (1878–1879) Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana Aftermath of the Battle of "The Pit."	United States	Cheyenne	Victory
Sheepeater Indian War (1879) Location: Idaho	United States	Shoshone	Victory
Victorio's War (1879–1881) Location: Mexico	United States Mexico	Apache	Victory
White River War (1879–1880) Location: Colorado	United States	Ute	Victory
Pine Ridge Campaign (1890–1891) Location: South Dakota Mass grave for the dead Lakota after the conflict at Wounded Knee Creek.	United States	Sioux	Victory
Garza Revolution (1891–1893) Location: Texas and Mexico 3rd Cavalry Troopers searching a suspected Revolutionist, 1892	Mexico United States	Garzistas	Victory
Yaqui Wars (1896–1918) Location: Arizona and Mexico 10th Cavalry soldiers holding Yaqui prisoners at their camp in Bear Valley, January 9, 1918.	United States Mexico	Yaqui Pima Opata	Victory
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) Location: Samoa Samoan warriors and American servicemen during the Siege of Apia in March 1899.	Samoa United States	Mataafans Germany	Compromise Allies and Rebels compromise for peace Tripartite Convention United States acquires American Samoa United Kingdom withdraws claim in exchange for concessions in the Solomon Islands Germany acquires German Samoa Mata'afa Iosefo becomes paramount chief of Samoa
Spanish–American War (1898) Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam Teddy Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" charge Spanish positions during the Battle of San Juan Hill.	United States Cuban Revolutionaries Filipino Revolutionaries	Spain Cuba Guam Philippines Puerto Rico	Victory Treaty of Paris Protectorate over Cuba Collapse of the Spanish Empire Generation of '98 among Spanish intellectuals
Philippine–American War (1899–1902) Location: Philippines Kurz & Allison print of the Battle of Quingua.	1899-1902 United States Military Government 1902-1906 United States Civil Government	1899-1902 Philippine Republic Negros Republic Zamboanga Republic Limited Foreign Support: Empire of Japan Shishi 1902-1906 Tagalog Republic Irrenconcilables	Victory Occupation of the Philippines Establishment of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands General Emilio Aguinaldo captured and exiled Dissolution of the First Philippine Republic
Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) Philippines The 8th Infantry Regiment defeat the Moros in the four-day battle of Bagsak Mountain on Jolo Island in the Philippines.	United States	Moro Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate	Victory
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China Corporal Titus, of the 14th Infantry Regiment, scaling the walls of Peking.	United Kingdom Russia Japan France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary	Righteous Harmony Society (Boxers) China	Victory Rebellion suppressed Signing of the Boxer Protocol Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing

20th-century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and its Allies
Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909) Location: Oklahoma Creek prisoners of war.	United States	Creek	Victory
Border War (1910–1919) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico–United States border American troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment rest for the night on 27 May 1916	United States	Mexico Germany	Victory Seditionist insurgency suppressed Permanent border wall established Pancho Villa's troops no longer an effective fighting force Mexican Constitutionalist faction leader Venustiano Carranza recognised as the sole leaders of the Mexican government by the U.S.
Negro Rebellion (1912) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Cuba USS Mississippi in Cuba	Cuba United States	Cuban PIC	Victory Rebellion suppressed Dissolution of the PIC
Occupation of Nicaragua (1912–1933) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Nicaragua US Marines holding a captured Sandinista flag.	United States Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Liberals Sandinistas	Victory Nicaragua occupied until 1933. Great Depression marked US withdrawal in 1933. Instauration of a US-backed Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua.
Bluff War (1914–1915) Location: Utah and Colorado Prisoners of the Bluff War in Thompson, Utah, waiting to board a train for their trial in Salt Lake City.	United States	Ute Paiute	Victory
Occupation of Veracruz (1914) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico American ships at Veracruz	United States	Mexico	Victory Veracruz occupied
Occupation of Haiti (1915–1934) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Haiti 2nd Marine Regiment in Haiti	United States Haiti	Haitian Rebels	Victory Haiti occupied
Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Dominican Republic US Marines in the Occupation of the Dominican Republic.	United States	Dominican Republic	Victory Dominican Republic occupied
World War I (1914–1918) Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America Two US troops pass by dead German soldiers on a battlefield.	France British Empire United Kingdom Canada Newfoundland Australia New Zealand India South Africa Russia United States China Italy Japan Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil	Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations
Russian Civil War (1918–1920) Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran US troops march through Russia before the Battle of Romanovka.	White Movement British Empire United Kingdom Canada Australia India Japan Czechoslovakia Greece Poland United States France Romania Serbia Italy China	Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian Communists	Defeat Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army Some Supplies captured at Vladivostok Humanitarian effort
Last Indian Uprising (1923) Location: Utah Ute and Paiute prisoners of war.	United States	Ute Paiute	Victory
World War II (1939–1945) Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, North and South America U.S. Army Soldiers advancing at dawn in the cover of a M4 Sherman tank, during the Battle of Bougainville, 1944.	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia Mongolia Philippines Viet Minh KLA Albania	Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang Croatia Slovakia	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Korean War (1950–1953) Part of the Cold War Location: Korea American soldiers in the Korean war with the Browning M1919A6 LMG.	South Korea United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada France Philippines Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand South Africa Thailand Turkey	North Korea China Soviet Union	Stalemate North Korean invasions of South Korea repelled Subsequent United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled Subsequent Chinese-North Korean-Soviet invasion of South Korea repelled Korean Armistice Agreement. Although this ended the actual fighting in the Korean Peninsula, the war is not (technically) over because a peace treaty was never signed
Operation Ajax (1953) Location: Tehran, Imperial State of Iran Coup supporters celebrating in Tehran	House of Pahlavi United States United Kingdom	Government of Iran	Victory Successful overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh
Laotian Civil War (1953–1975) Part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War Location: Laos A U.S. Air Force Bell UH-1P from the 20th Special Operations Squadron "Green Hornets" at a base in Laos, 1970.	Kingdom of Laos United States South Vietnam Thailand Supported by: Philippines Taiwan	Pathet Lao North Vietnam Supported by: Soviet Union China	Defeat Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Lebanon Crisis (1958) Location: Lebanon US Marine sits in a foxhole and points his machine gun toward Beirut.	Lebanon United States	Lebanese Opposition: INM LCP PSP	Victory US-Lebanese occupation of the port and international airport of Beirut Withdrawal of US forces
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War Location: Cuba	CDRF United States	Cuba	Defeat Invasion of Cuba suppressed
Vietnam War (1965–1973, 1975) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos 1st Cavalry Division, Battle of Ia Drang, 1965.	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Khmer Republic Kingdom of Laos	North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao China North Korea Supported by: Soviet Union	Defeat Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam
Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965-1983) Part of the Cold War Location: Thailand Ta Ko Bi Cave, a former hideout used by communist rebels.	Thailand Taiwan (until July 1967) United States Malaysia	Communist Party of Thailand Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge (until 1978) Supported by: North Vietnam (until 1976) Vietnam (from 1976) People Republic of China (1971–1978) Malayan Communist Party North Korea	Victory Amnesty declared on 23 April 1980 by the Thai government. Order 66/2523 signed by Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda. Communist insurgency declines and ends in 1983.
Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969) Part of the Korean conflict and the Cold War Location: Korean Demilitarized Zone ROK and US troop stationed at the DMZ, 1967.	South Korea United States	North Korea	Victory North Korean failure to launch an insurgency in South Korea
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) Location: Dominican Republic US soldiers push a child underneath a Jeep to protect him during a firefight in Santo Domingo on May 5, 1965.	Dominican Loyalists United States Inter-American Peace Force Brazil Paraguay Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras	Dominican Constitutionalists	Victory Fall of the Bosch regime Joaquín Balaguer elected as the new president
Insurgency in Bolivia (1966–1967) Part of the Cold War Location: Bolivia	Bolivia United States CIA	Ejército de Liberación Nacional	Victory CIA supported Bolivian armed groups oppress Che Guevara's guerrilla forces Che Guevara captured and executed
Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) Location: Cambodia US troops and tanks entering town in Cambodia.	Kingdom of Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975) United States South Vietnam Other Supports Australia Canada France India Thailand	National United Front of Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Khmer Rumdo Khmer Việt Minh North Vietnam Việt Cộng Other Supports China Czechoslovakia Soviet Union	Defeat Fall of the Kingdom of Cambodia Creation but eventual collapse of the Khmer Republic Creation of the Democratic Kampuchea Beginning of the Cambodian genocide
War in South Zaire (1978) Location: Zaire	Zaire France Belgium United States Morocco	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo Supported by: Angola Cuba Soviet Union	Victory FNLC forces repelled Thousands of civilians evacuated from Kolwezi
Operation Eagle Claw (1980) Part of the Iranian hostage crisis Location: Iran Wreckage at the Desert One base in Iran.	United States	Iran	Blunder 1 helicopter and 1 transport aircraft destroyed 5 helicopters abandoned/captured
Gulf of Sidra encounter (1981) Location: Gulf of Sidra	United States	Libya	Victory Deterioration of US-Libyan relation
Lebanese Civil War (1982–1984) Location: Lebanon US Marines on patrol in Beirut, April 1983	Lebanese Armed Forces UNIFIL Multinational Force in Lebanon: United States France Italy Lebanese Front Army of Free Lebanon SLA Israel	Lebanese National Movement Jammoul PLO Amal Movement Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hezbollah Islamic Unification Movement Syria Arab Deterrent Force Saudi Arabia Sudan UAE Libya South Yemen	Defeat Multinational forces fail to prevent collapse of Lebanese Army into sectarian militias. Taif Agreement Multinational forces evacuated after the US embassy and US Marine barracks are bombed by the Islamic Jihad Organization. Multinational forces oversee withdrawal of Palestine Liberation Organization. PLO expelled from Lebanon Southern Lebanon goes into crisis Civil war continues until 1990 President Hafez al-Assad continues his occupation Lebanon until his son and later president Bashar al-Assad orders a withdrawal from the country
Invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War Location: Grenada American soldiers in mortar positions in Grenada.	United States Barbados Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	PRG of Grenada Cuba Military advisors: List Soviet Union North Korea East Germany Libya	Victory Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed Defeat of Cuban military presence Restoration of Constitutional Government
Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) Libyan corvette obliterated after attempting to fire on US forces	United States	Libya	Victory Libyan naval forces damaged or destroyed Libyan air defenses damaged
Bombing of Libya (1986) Location: Libya USAF F-111 taking off for Libya	United States	Libya	Victory Ground targets destroyed. Failed Libyan Scud missile response Muammar Gaddafi survived
Tanker War (1987–1988) Location: Persian Gulf Iranian frigate Sahand after being attacked by U.S. aircraft.	United States	Iran	Victory Successful operations against Iran during the Iran–Iraq War U.S. Navy vessel USS Vincennes shoot down civilian Iran Air Flight 655 killing 290 people, including 66 children. Iran-Iraq war ended in August of 1988 following UN-brokered ceasefire.
Tobruk encounter (1989) Location: Mediterranean Sea Gun camera depicting the last remaining MiG-23 fighters exploding after being shot down.	United States	Libya	Victory Two Libyan MiG-23 fighters shot down
Invasion of Panama (1989–1990) Location: Panama U.S. troops prepare to take a neighborhood in Panama City, December 1989.	United States Panamanian Opposition	Panama	Victory Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed
Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel M1 Abrams tanks of the 3rd Armored Division advance on Medina Ridge.	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Qatar Bahrain United Arab Emirates Oman Bangladesh	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber III restored Sanctions against Iraq
Iraqi No-Fly Zone Enforcement Operations (1991–2003) Location: Iraq A Tomahawk cruise missile is fired from an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer during Operation Desert Fox in December 1998.	United States United Kingdom France Australia Belgium Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey Italy	Iraq	Victory Various bombings of Iraqi forces both arial and naval Mass numbers of Iraqi targets killed or destroyed Reduction in Iraqi air defense Beginning of the Iraq War
First Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1992–1995) Location: Somalia US Marines on patrol in Somalia.	United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia New Zealand	Somali National Alliance	Mixed Pyrrhic tactical U.S./U.N. victory Failure to capture SNA leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid; specific Aidid lieutenants captured Withdrawal of U.S. forces 5 months after the Battle of Mogadishu The UN mandate saved close to 100,000 lives, before and after U.S. withdrawal Civil war is ongoing
Bosnian War (1992–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Russian and American troops on a joint patrol around the Bosnian town of Zvornik on the afternoon of 29 February 1996.	Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia United States Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom	Republika Srpska YPA Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia FR Yugoslavia	Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina Over 101,000 dead, 65,000 Bosniaks, 28,000 Serbs, 8,000 Croats Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to uphold the peace agreement High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina established to implement the peace agreement.
Intervention in Haiti (1994–1995) Location: Haiti US troops arrive in Haiti.	United States Poland Argentina	Haiti	Victory Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president of Haiti
Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Serbia Bombing of Novi Sad.	KLA AFRK Albania Croatia United States Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland Spain Turkey United Kingdom	FR Yugoslavia	Victory Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo De facto separation of Kosovo from FR Yugoslavia under UN administration Ceasefire reached through Kumanovo Agreement of june 1999.
Operation Infinite Reach (1998) Location: Sudan and Afghanistan al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan.	United States	al-Qaeda Sudan Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Lashkar-e-Taiba	Mixed Strikes hit targets but failed objectives al-Qaeda suffers damage and casulties however its senior leaders survive the strikes Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant destroyed Al-Qaeda propaganda victory leads to Osama bin Laden's image be praised in the Muslim world as a symbol of resistance

21st-century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and its Allies
War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Afghanistan US Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Gor Tepa region of the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz along with Afghan and German troops as part of a joint operation.	Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan United States Canada United Kingdom Australia Croatia Czech Republic Georgia Germany Italy Romania Spain Turkey Formerly: ISAF	Taliban Islamic Jihad Union Haqqani network Allied groups HIG al-Qaeda IJU IMU Taliban splinter groups Fidai Mahaz IS-Affiliates: Wilayat Khorasan (ISIL-K) 2001 invasion: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Talibani Army Salafist extremists 055 Brigade	Ongoing American-led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Osama bin Laden killed by US Navy SEALs inside his compound in a raid in Pakistan NATO implements a support mission Escape of Ayman al-Zawahiri Withdrawal halted and prolonged presence in region set in place
Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the War on Terror Location: Iraq US troops in cover during firefight in the Battle of Ramadi.	United States Iraq United Kingdom Australia South Korea Italy Georgia Poland Spain Netherlands Ukraine Romania MNF–I	Ba'ath Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups IAI Ansar al-Sunnah Invasion 2003: Iraq	Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and Sectarian Violence and another civil war Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new democratic government U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011 Stronger Iranian influence in Iraq Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal leading to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraqi Civil War (2014-2017) Return of US forces to Iraq in 2014 to combat ISIL
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 Pakistan	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Turkistan Islamic Party Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Daesh	Ongoing On going insurgency in the Northern tribal regions of Pakistan as well as in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ongoing drone attacks by the United States
War in Somalia (2007–present) Location: Somalia and Northeastern Kenya MQ-9 Reaper commonly used in covert drone strikes in Somalia.	Somalia United States United Kingdom Kenya Ethiopia AMISOM	Al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam Daesh Alleged support: Eritrea	Ongoing Drone strikes in Somalia Raids against al-Shabaab militants conducted by U.S. Special Forces Multiple al-Shabaab senior members killed U.S. backed Ethiopian invasion in 2006 Kenyan intervention Newly formed federal government established in 2012 Power struggle within Al-Shabaab Continued insurgency Expanded American military operations
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) 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	Victory Number of pirate attacks have decreased dramatically since the start of such operations, however attacks still occur near the coast waters of Oman, Yemen, Kenya, and Somalia The US Office of Naval Intelligence have officially reported that in 2013, only 9 incidents of piracy were reported and that none of them were successfully hijacked Piracy drops 90%
American-led intervention in Libya (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis Location: Libya US vessels launch missiles in support of the Libyan Civil War.	NATO United States United Kingdom Belgium Bulgaria Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Spain Turkey Sweden Jordan Qatar United Arab Emirates Anti-Gaddafi rebels	Libya	Victory Overthrow of Gaddafi government and Death of Muammar Gaddafi Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council (NTC) Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU Post-civil war violence in Libya, leading to the ongoing civil war in 2014
Operation Observant Compass (2011-2017) Location: Uganda U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph Bergeron, a task force combat engineer, explains combat marksmanship tactics to a group of Ugandan soldiers.	United States Uganda DR Congo Central African Republic South Sudan	Lord's Resistance Army	Partial Victory LRA shrinks to about 100 members. Having reduced the LRA's operational capacity to non-threat status the United States withdraws from the conflict, which remains ongoing.
American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2017) Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Iraqi Civil War, the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, 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 Iran Hezbollah	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria	Victory Over 10,000 American airstrikes conducted in Iraq since 2014 Heavy damaged caused to ISIS forces resulting in losses of about 40% of its held territory by 2016, and by December 2017, its remaining strongholds were destroyed leaving small pockets of fleers. Multinational humanitarian support to civilians and arming of local ground troops and militias Advising and training of Iraqi forces Massive numbers of war crimes committed by ISIS including ethnic cleansing, murder, rape, and enslavement. Additionally there are reports of organ trafficking
American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present) Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian Civil War 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 Syrian Democratic Forces Democratic Federation of Northern Syria IFB People's Protection Units Women's Protection Units CJTF-OIR Members: United Kingdom France Australia Canada Jordan Denmark Netherlands Belgium Lebanon Morocco Saudi Arabia UAE Qatar Bahrain Turkey Turkish-backed rebels Israel (limited involvement; against Hezbollah and government forces only) Formerly: Free Syrian Army (2011-2017)	ISIS al-Qaeda linked groups: al-Nusra Front Khorasan group Tahrir al-Sham Jaysh al-Sunna Jund al-Aqsa Ahrar al-Sham Partial Support: Qatar UAE Saudi Arabia Syria (limited encounters with US and Israel) Supported by: Russia Iran Hezbollah China	Ongoing Over 11,200 American and allied airstrikes hit ISIS and other extremist groups within Syria Thousands of ISIS targets destroyed/militants killed Chemical attack in Ghouta American support for anti-government rebels Deployment of U.S. Marines and Special Forces Syrian government forces capture and liberate Aleppo Massive amounts of war human rights violations and war crimes Chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun results in a retaliatory naval strike on the Syrian government-controlled Shayrat Airbase Russian-Turkish crisis Various confrontations and airstrikes, including a downing of a Syrian SU-17 between the United States and Syrian government Multiple incidents between Israel and Syria, including several Syrian S-200 missiles launched toward Israeli fighter jets during an Israeli Air Force mission inside Syrian territory, and an Israeli F-16 shot down by Syrian Air Defense forces after retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets near Damascus after a Syrian drone crossed into Israeli airspace Turkish invasion of Afrin
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Location: Yemen U.S. Naval vessel patrolling along the coastline of Yemen enforcing the American-Saudi blockade against Iran.	Hadi government Saudi-led Coalition: Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar (2015-2017) Under 1000 troops: Bahrain Egypt Kuwait Jordan Morocco United States France United Kingdom	Supreme Political Council Houthis Ahrar al-Najran Supported by: Iran Hezbollah North Korea AQAP Ansar al-Sharia IS-affiliated groups: Wilayah al-Yaman	Ongoing Yemen's capital city of Sana'a falls under Houthi control Saudi-led coalition begin to bomb Houthi rebel positions Aden becomes the new capital for the Hadi government Cholera outbreak in 2016 Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in fire fight by a sniper during the ongoing battle in Sana'a Targeted killing program against radical groups in the region continue since 2002; intensify after beginning of civil war U.S. Naval blockade put in place in attempt to assist Saudi Arabia in preventing Iranian weapons from moving weapons into Houthi territory Raids against al-Qaeda conducted U.S. Special Forces Famine caused by war is affecting over 17 million people leaving 50,000 children to be a risk of dying in 2017
American intervention in Libya (2015–present) Part of the Second Libyan Civil War Location: Libya	United States Libya	Islamic State in Libya	Ongoing Liberation of Sirte Hundreds of airstrikes carried out in Libya against Islamic State affiliated militant groups

See also

• Military history
• Timeline of United States military operations
• United States involvement in regime change
• List of ongoing armed conflicts

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