List of wars involving the United States
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This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America.[1] Currently, there are 105 wars on this list, 4 of which are ongoing.
18th-century wars
- USA defeat
- USA victory
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
19th-century wars
Conflict | Allies | Opponent(s) | Result for the United States and its Allies | Presidents of the United States |
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First Barbary War (1801–1805) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tripoli |
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US-allied victory | Thomas Jefferson |
Tecumseh's War (1810–1813) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Northwest River Ohio |
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Tecumseh's Confederacy
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US victory | James Madison |
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. |
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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 |
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Red Stick Creek | US-allied victory | |
Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary States |
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First Seminole War (1817–1818) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Spanish Florida |
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Seminole
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US victory
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James Monroe |
Arikara War (1823) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Missouri River |
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Arikara | Inconclusive/Other Result
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Winnebago War (1827) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory |
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Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks with a few allies |
US-allied victory
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John Quincy Adams |
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 |
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Black Hawk's British Band Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies |
US-allied victory
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Andrew Jackson |
Second Seminole War (1835–1842) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Florida, United States |
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Seminole | US victory
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Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837)
Martin Van Buren (March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841) William Henry Harrison (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) John Tyler (April 4, 1841 –March 4, 1845) |
Texas Comanche Wars (1836–1875) Part of the Texas–Indian wars and the American Indian Wars Location: South-central United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado) and northern Mexico |
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US victory | Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837)
Martin Van Buren (March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841) William Henry Harrison (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) John Tyler (April 4, 1841 –March 4, 1845) James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849) Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) |
Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Location: Texas, New Mexico, California and Mexico |
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US-allied victory
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James K. Polk |
Cayuse War (1847–1855) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon |
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Cayuse | US victory
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James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849)
Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) |
Apache Wars (1849–1924) Part of the Texas–Indian wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Southwestern United States |
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Apache Ute Yavapai |
US victory
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James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849)
Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) Rutherford B. Hayes (March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881) James A. Garfield (March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881) Chester A. Arthur (September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885) Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889) Benjamin Harrison (March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893) Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897) William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901) Theodore Roosevelt (September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909) William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923) Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929) |
Navajo Wars (1849–1866) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: New Mexico |
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US victory
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James K. Polk (March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849)
Zachary Taylor (March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850) Millard Fillmore (July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853) Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857) James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Bleeding Kansas (1854–1861) Location: Kansas and Missouri ![]() Sacking of Lawrence in 1856 |
Anti-slavery settlers (Free-Staters) |
Pro-slavery settlers (Border Ruffians) | Free-Stater victory.
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Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857)
James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) |
Puget Sound War (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington |
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Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit |
US victory
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Franklin Pierce |
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856) Location: Rogue Valley |
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Rogue River people | US victory
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Third Seminole War (1855–1858) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Florida |
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Seminole | US victory
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Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857)
James Buchanan (March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861) Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Yakima War (1855–1858) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington Territory ![]() Seattleites evacuate to the town blockhouse as USS Decatur opens fire on advancing tribal forces. |
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Yakama Walla Walla tribe Umatilla tribe Nez Perce tribe Cayuse tribe |
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Second Opium War (1856–1859) Part of the Opium Wars Location: China |
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US victory
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Utah War (1857–1858) Part of the Mormon wars Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming |
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Deseret/Utah Mormons | Inconclusive/Other Result
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Reform War (1858–1866) Location: Mexico |
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Pig War (1859) Location: San Juan Islands ![]() Proposed boundaries: Through Haro Strait, favored by the US Through Rosario Strait, favored by Britain Through San Juan Channel, compromise proposal The lines are as shown on maps of the time. The modern boundary follows straight line segments and roughly follows the blue line. The modern eastern boundary of San Juan County roughly follows the red line. |
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James Buchanan |
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859) Part of pre-Civil War conflicts Location: West Virginia |
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Abolitionist Insurgents | US victory | |
First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861) Location: Texas and Mexico |
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US-allied victory | |
Paiute War (1860) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada |
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Paiute Shoshone Bannock |
US victory | |
American Civil War (1861–1865) Location: Southern United States, Indian Territory, Northeastern United States, Western United States, Atlantic Ocean |
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US victory
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Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona |
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Yavapai Apache Yuma Mohave |
US victory |
Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865) Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) |
Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Minnesota and Dakota ![]() The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota on August 19, 1862 |
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US victory | Abraham Lincoln |
Colorado War (1863–1865) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska |
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Snake War (1864–1868) Part of the American Indian Wars Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho |
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Paiute Bannock Shoshone |
US victory | Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865)
Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869) |
Powder River War (1865) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State |
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Red Cloud's War (1866–1868) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State |
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Lakota-allied victory
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Formosa Expedition (1867) Location: Hengchun, Taiwan, Qing China' ![]() Attack of United States Marines and Sailors on the pirates of the island of Formosa, East Indies, Harper's Weekly |
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Comanche Campaign (1867–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Western United States |
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US victory | Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869)
Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877) |
United States expedition to Korea (1871) Location: Ganghwa Island |
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Inconclusive/Other Result
American military victory American diplomatic failure
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Ulysses S. Grant |
Modoc War (1872–1873) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: California and Oregon |
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Red River War (1874–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Texas |
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US victory
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Las Cuevas War (1875) Location: Texas and Mexico |
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Mexican bandits | US victory
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Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming |
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US victory
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Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Texas and Oklahoma |
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Nez Perce War (1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana |
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Nez Perce Palouse |
US victory | Rutherford B. Hayes |
Bannock War (1878) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming |
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Bannock Shoshone Paiute |
US victory | |
Cheyenne War (1878–1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana |
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US victory | |
Sheepeater Indian War (1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Idaho |
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Shoshone | US victory | |
Victorio's War (1879–1880) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Mexico |
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Apache | US-allied victory | |
White River War (1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado |
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Ute | US victory | |
Egyptian Expedition (1882) Part of the Anglo-Egyptian War Location: Alexandria ![]() Front page of "Judge" magazine, 12 August 1882, featuring a cartoon by "JAW" concerning aid rendered by the American navy during the British bombardment of Alexandria. |
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US victory | Chester A. Arthur |
Crow War (1887) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana |
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US victory | Grover Cleveland |
Ghost Dance War (1890–1891) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: South Dakota |
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US victory | Benjamin Harrison |
Garza War (1891–1893) Location: Texas and Mexico |
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Garzistas | US-allied victory | |
Yaqui Wars (1896–1918) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona and Mexico |
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US-allied victory | Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897)
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Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) Location: Samoa |
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William McKinley |
Spanish–American War (1898) Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam ![]() Theodore Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" after the Battle of San Juan Hill. |
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US-allied victory
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Philippine–American War (1899–1902) Location: Philippines ![]() U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Manila. |
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US victory
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William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901)
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Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) Location: Philippines |
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US victory
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William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901)
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China |
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US-allied victory
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William McKinley |
20th-century wars
Conflict | Allies | Opponent(s) | Result for the United States and its Allies | Presidents of the United States |
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Crazy Snake's War (1909) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma |
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Creek | US victory | Theodore Roosevelt (September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909) Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
Mexican Border War (1910–1919) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico–United States border |
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US victory
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William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson |
Little Race War (1912) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Cuba |
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US-allied victory
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William Howard Taft |
United States occupation of Nicaragua (1912–1933) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Nicaragua |
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US victory
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William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover |
Bluff War (1914–1915) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Utah and Colorado ![]() Prisoners of the Bluff War in Thompson, Utah, waiting to board a train for their trial in Salt Lake City. |
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Ute Paiute |
US victory | Woodrow Wilson |
United States occupation of Veracruz (1914) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico |
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United States occupation of Haiti (1915–1934) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Haiti |
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US-allied victory | Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Dominican Republic |
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US victory | Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
World War I (1917–1918) Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America |
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US-allied victory
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Woodrow Wilson |
Russian Civil War (1918–1920) Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran US troops march through Russia before the Battle of Romanovka. |
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Bolshevik victory
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Posey War (1923) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Utah |
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Ute Paiute |
US victory
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Warren G. Harding |
World War II (1941–1945) Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, Oceania, North and South America |
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US-allied victory
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
Korean War (1950–1953) Part of the Cold War Location: Korea |
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US-allied victory
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Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Vietnam War (1955–1964[a], 1965–1973[b], 1974–1975[c]) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos |
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North Vietnam-allied victory
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961) John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) Part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War Location: Laos |
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Pathet Lao-allied victory
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Permesta Rebellion (1958-1961) Location: Indonesia ![]() The capture of Allen Lawrence Pope. |
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Indonesian government victory | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Lebanon crisis (1958) Location: Lebanon |
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US-allied victory
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Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War Location: Cuba |
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Cuban government victory
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John F. Kennedy |
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) Location: Dominican Republic |
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US-allied victory
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969) Part of the Korean conflict and the Cold War Location: Korean Demilitarized Zone |
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US-allied victory
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Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon |
Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) Part of the Cold War Location: Cambodia |
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Khmer Rouge-allied victory
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Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Multinational intervention in Lebanon (1982–1984) Location: Lebanon |
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Syrian-allied victory
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Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981) Ronald Reagan |
United States invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War Location: Grenada |
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US-allied victory
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Ronald Reagan |
Bombing of Libya (1986) Location: Libya |
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US victory
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Tanker War (1987–1988) Location: Persian Gulf ![]() Iranian frigate Sahand after being attacked by U.S. aircraft. |
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US victory
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United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990) Location: Panama |
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US-allied victory
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George H. W. Bush |
Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel ![]() M1 Abrams tanks of the 3rd Armored Division advance on Medina Ridge. |
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US-allied victory
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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. |
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US-allied victory
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George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
First U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1992–1995) Part of the Somali civil war (1991–present) Location: Somalia |
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Somali victory / US-allied defeat
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George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton |
Bosnian War and Croatian War (1992–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia |
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Intervention in Haiti (1994–1995) Location: Haiti |
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US-allied victory
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Bill Clinton |
Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Serbia |
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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. The Paris Peace Accords of January 1973 saw all U.S forces withdrawn; the Case–Church Amendment, passed by the U.S Congress on 15 August 1973, officially ended direct U.S military involvement .
- ^ The war reignited on December 13, 1974 with offensive operations by North Vietnam, leading to victory over South Vietnam in under two months.
21st-century wars
Conflict | Allies | Belligerent | Result for the United States and its Allies | Presidents of the United States |
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Part of the War on terror and the Afghanistan conflict Location: Afghanistan ![]() U.S. soldiers from A Company, 101st Airborne Division Special Troop Battalion air assault into a village inside Jowlzak valley in Afghanistan. |
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Taliban splinter groups 2001 Invasion: |
Taliban victory
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George W. Bush (October 7, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
American intervention in Yemen (2002–present) Part of the War on terror, the Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen, the Yemeni Civil War and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Location: Yemen |
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Ongoing
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George W. Bush (October 7, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the War on terror Location: Iraq U.S. soldiers at the Hands of Victory monument in Baghdad. |
Post-invasion (2003–2011)
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Post-invasion (2003–2011) Invasion phase (2003) |
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George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama |
American intervention in the War in North-West Pakistan (2004–2018) Part of the War on terror and the War in North-West Pakistan Location: Pakistan ![]() MQ-1 Predator drones typically used in covert bombing operations in Pakistan. |
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US-allied victory
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George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Second U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (2007–present) Part of the Somali Civil War, the Somali Civil War and the War on terror Location: Somalia and Northeastern Kenya |
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Ongoing
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George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009) Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
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. |
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Somali pirates | US-allied victory
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) |
International intervention in Libya (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis and the First Libyan Civil War Location: Libya |
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US-allied victory
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Operation Observant Compass (2011–2017) Part of the War on terror and the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Location: Uganda |
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US-allied victory
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American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021) Part of the Operation Inherent Resolve, the War in Iraq (2013–2017), the Spillover of the Syrian civil war, the War on terror and the International ISIS campaign Location: Iraq ![]() U.S. soldiers use a rooftop as an observation post, during the Battle of Mosul in Iraq, March, 2017. |
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US-allied Coalition and Iraqi victory
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) Donald Trump Joe Biden |
American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present) Part of the Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian civil war, the War on terror and the International ISIS campaign Location: Syria ![]() U.S. 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment troops conduct area reconnaissance patrol in Syria, February 2021. |
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Ongoing
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) Donald Trump Joe Biden |
American intervention in Libya (2015–2019) Part of the Operation Inherent Resolve, the Second Libyan Civil War, the War on terror, and the International ISIS Campaign Location: Libya |
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ISIS in Libya largely defeated
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Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) Donald Trump |
American military intervention in Niger (2018–present) Part of the Operation Juniper Shield Location: Niger |
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Ongoing
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Donald Trump (January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021) Joe Biden |
See also
- List of armed conflicts involving the United States
- Military history
- Timeline of United States military operations
- United States involvement in regime change
- List of ongoing armed conflicts
Notes
References
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- ^ Serial 89, 18th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Document No. 1, p. 95
- ^ "The Indians". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1884.
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- 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