List of wars involving the United States

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

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

List

War or conflict's name(s)	Opponent(s)	Time	Conclusion(s)
American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence	Great Britain Loyalist Iroquois Cherokee	September 1, 1774 – September 3, 1783	Treaty of Paris Britain recognizes independence of the United States
Boston Campaign *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain	September 1, 1774–March 17, 1776	Colonial victory, British forces driven from Boston area
Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain	1775–1783	Treaty of Paris
Canadian Campaign *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain Canadian Militia	June 1775–October 1776	Defeat of Colonial invasion; British counter-offensive
New York and New Jersey Campaign *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain Hesse-Kassel Waldeck-Pyrmont	July 1776 – March 1777	New York: British gain control of New York City, British victory New Jersey: Americans lose and then regain control of New Jersey, American victory
Saratoga Campaign *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain Brunswick-Lüneburg Hesse-Hanau Iroquois Confederation (except Oneidas)	June 14, 1777–October 17, 1777	Decisive American victory: Surrender of a British army Entry of France into the war
Philadelphia Campaign *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain Hesse-Kassel Ansbach-Bayreuth	1777–1778	British occupation then evacuation of Philadelphia
Western Theater *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	American Indians Great Britain	1775–1782	Military stalemate, U.S. diplomatic victory; Spanish Louisiana successfully defended
Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794) *Part of the American Revolutionary War* *Part of the American Indian Wars*	American Indians Great Britain Cherokee Shawnee Ojibway Creek Chickamauga Miami Mingo Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot	1776–1794	Decisive American victory; U.S. diplomatic victory, American rights in Treaty of Paris successfully defended Britain recognizes independence of the United States and cedes forts and influence in Indian territory.
Northern Theater *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain	1778–1782	???
Southern Theatre *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain	1775–1782	Decisive Franco/American victory, Surrender of British army at Yorktown
Yorktown Campaign *Part of the American Revolutionary War*	Great Britain Ansbach-Bayreuth Hesse-Kassel	January – October, 1781	Decisive Franco/American victory
Northwest Indian War or Little Turtle's War or Miami Campaign	Western Confederacy Canadian Militia	1785–1795	U.S. victory, Treaty of Greenville
Quasi-War or Franco-American War or Half War	French Republic	1798–1800	Indecisive United States Victory; end of French privateer attacks on U.S. shipping; U.S. neutrality and renunciation of claims against France
First Barbary War or Barbary Coast War or Tripolitan War	Vilayet of Tripoli Morocco	1801–1805	American victory, peace treaty
Tecumseh's War or Tecumseh's Rebellion	Tecumseh's Confederacy	August - November 1811	American victory, peace treaty
War of 1812 or Second War of Independence	British Empire Shawnee Red Sticks Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot	June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815	Treaty of Ghent Status quo ante bellum
Atlantic Theatre *Part of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1812–1815	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
Chesapeake Campaign *Part of the Atlantic Theatre of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1813–1814	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
Great Lakes and Western Theatre *Part of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1812–1815	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
Canadian Campaign *Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theatre of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1812–1813	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
American Northwest Campaign *Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theatre of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1813	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
Niagara Frontier Campaign *Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theatre of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1813–1814	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
St. Lawrence and Lower Canada Campaign *Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theatre of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1813–1814	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
Niagara and Plattsburgh Campaigns *Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theatre of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1814	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
American West Campaign *Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theatre of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1813–1814	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
Southern Theatre *Part of the War of 1812*	British Empire	1814–1815	Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum
Creek War *Part of the Southern Theatre of the War of 1812*	Red Stick Creek	1813–1814	U.S./Allied Native American victory
Second Barbary War or Algerian War	Algiers	1815	American victory
First Seminole War	Seminole Spanish Florida	November 22, 1817 - April 12, 1818	American victory
West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations	Caribbean Pirates	1817–1825	United States victory
African Anti-Slavery Operations	African Slave Traders	1819–1861	Atlantic slave trade suppressed by 1865
Callao Affair	Spain	November 5–6, 1820	Spanish vow to punish those responsible for attacks on American shipping.
Arikara War	Arikara	1823	The Arikara eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota
Aegean Anti-Piracy Operations	Greek Pirates	1825–1828	United States victory
Winnebago War or Le Fèvre Indian War	Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks, with a few allies	1827	U.S. victory; Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the U.S.
Black Hawk War or Black Hawk Campaign	Black Hawk's British Band, with Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies	May–August 1832	United States victory
First Sumatran Expedition	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	February 6 – 9, 1832	United States victory
United States Exploring Expedition	Fiji Samoa Tabiteuea	1838–1842	Successful expedition, victory in battle against aborigionals
Second Seminole War or Florida War	Seminole	December 23, 1835 – August 14, 1842	3,800 Seminoles transported to Indian Territory, 300 left in Everglades
Second Sumatran Expedition	Chiefdom of Quallah Battoo	December 1838 – January 1839	United States victory, Malays agree to cease attacks on American vessels
Capture of Monterey	Mexico	October 19–20, 1842	United States captures Monterey
Battle of Kororareka	Māori	March 11, 1845	Successful British and American rescue operations
Mexican–American War or Mexican War	Mexico	April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848	Decisive United States victory: Republic of Texas united with the United States End of all conflict between Texas and Mexico All claims by Texas recognized by Mexico Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession
Texas Campaign *Part of the Mexican-American War*	Mexico	1846	Decisive US victory: All Mexican forces pushed out of State of Texas, Mexican bandits suppressed
Conquest of California *Part of the Mexican-American War*	Mexico	1846–1847	Decisive US victory: Declaration of Independence of California and establishment of the Republic of California Republic of California united with the United States All Mexican forces defeated or surrendered to US Indian tribal nations recognize US suzzerinty Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
New Mexico and Arizona Campaign *Part of the Mexican-American War*	Mexico	1846–1847	Decisive US victory: All Mexican forces pushed out of region Territory annexed to the US Indian tribal nations recognize US suzzerinty Treaty of Guadulpe Hidalgo
Pacific Coast Campaign *Part of the Mexican-American War*	Mexico	1847–1848	Decisive US victory Indian tribal nations recognize US suzzerinty
Mexico City Campaign *Part of the Mexican-American War*	Mexico	1847	Decisive US victory Mexican Cessation Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Navajo Wars	Navajo	1858–1866	United States victory, Long Walk of the Navajo
Cayuse War	Cayuse	1847–1855	United States victory
Pitt River Expedition	Tolowa Nomlaki Chimariko Wintun	April 28 - September 13, 1850	???
Apache Wars	Apache Ute Yavapai	1851–1900	Decisive American victory, Apaches moved to reservations
Bombardment of San Juan del Norte or Bombardment of Greytown	Nicaragua	July 13, 1854	U.S. victory, town severely damaged
Battle of Ty-ho Bay	Chinese Pirates	August 4, 1855	Anglo-American victory
First Fiji Expedition	Fiji	October 1855	United States victory in battle, objective failed
Yakima War	Yakama	1855–1858	American victory, peace treaty
Rogue River Wars	Rogue River people	1855–1856	Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Puget Sound War	Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida and Tlingit	1855–1856	Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations.
Third Seminole War or Billy Bowlegs War	Seminole	1855–1858	U.S. victory
Second Opium War or Second Anglo-Chinese War or Second China War	Qing Dynasty	1856–1859	Treaty of Tianjin June 18, 1858
Second Fiji Expedition	Fiji	6–16 October 1858	United States victory
Paraguay Expedition	Paraguay	1859	Paraguay extended an apology to the United States, indemnified the family of the slain Water Witch crewman, and granted the United States a new and highly advantageous commercial treaty
Reform War	Conservatives	March 6, 1860	United States victory
Paiute War or Paiute Indian War or Pyramid Lake War	Paiute Bannock Shoshone	1860	United States victory
American Civil War or War Between the States	Confederate States of America	April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865	Union victory: Territorial integrity of the United States of America preserved Slavery abolished Secessionist States of the Confederate States of America Re-Admitted to the Union
Reconstruction	1867-1877	Stalemate: Union Military governments overthrown Southern States re-admitted
Eastern Theater *Part of the American Civil War*	Confederate States of America	1861–1865	Union victory
Western Theater *Part of the American Civil War*	Confederate States of America	1861–1865	Union victory
Lower Seaboard Theater *Part of the American Civil War*	Confederate States of America	1862–1865	Union victory
Trans-Mississippi Theater *Part of the American Civil War*	Confederate States of America	1862–1865	Union victory
Pacific Coast Theater *Part of the American Civil War*	Confederate States of America	1862–1865	Union victory
Dakota War of 1862 or Sioux Uprising or Sioux Outbreak of 1862	Dakota Sioux	August 17 – December 26, 1862	United States victory
Bombardment of Qui Nhơn or Cochinchina Campaign	Nguyen Dynasty	July 31, 1861	United States victory, fort silenced
Colorado War	Cheyenne Arapaho	1863–1865	United States victory
Battles for Shimonoseki	Chōshū Domain	July 20, 1863 - September 6, 1864	Decisive Allied victory
Powder River Expedition or Connor Expedition	Sioux Cheyenne Arapaho	1865	U.S. victory; raids along Bozeman trail stopped
Snake War	Paiute Bannock Shoshone	1864–1868	U.S. victory
Red Cloud's War or Bozeman War or Powder River War	Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho	1866–1868	United States victory: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Lakota people confined to reservations in the Bozeman Trail and in Fort Laramie The Lakota and Northern Cheyenne territory made into reservations but part of the United States
Formosa Expedition or Taiwan Expedition of 1867	Paiwan	June 1867	United States objectives failed
Comanche Campaign or Comanche War	Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa	1867–1875	United States victory
Battle of Boca Teacapan	Mexican Pirates	June 17, 1870	United States victory
Korean Expedition or Shinmiyangyo	Joseon Dynasty	June 1, 1871 - July 3, 1871	United States military victory, United States diplomatic failure; Korean-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce
Modoc War or Modoc Campaign or Lava Beds War	Modoc	July 6, 1872 – June 4, 1873	United States victory
Oahu Expedition	Emmaites	February 12, 1874	American and British forces quell riot.
Red River War	Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa	June 27, 1874 - June 1875	United States victory; end to the Texas-Indian Wars
Black Hills War or Great Sioux War of 1876–77 or Little Big Horn Campaign	Lakota Northern Cheyenne Arapaho	1876–1877	United States victory
Nez Perce War or Nez Perce Campaign	Nez Perce	1877	United States victory
Bannock War or Bannock Campaign	Bannock Shoshone	1878	United States victory
Cheyenne War or Cheyenne Campaign	Cheyenne	1878–1879	United States victory
Sheepeater Indian War	Shoshone	1879	United States victory
White River War or Ute War or Ute Campaign	Ute	1879–1880	United States victory
Egyptian Expedition or Second Anglo-Egyptian War	Urabi Rebels	June - July 1882	United States forces protect consulate from rebels and extinguish fires
Colombian Civil War	Colombian rebels	March 30-April 24, 1885	Colon destroyed, rebels retreat, American hostages released; Ambrose Light and Colombian rebels captured
Samoan Crisis or First Samoan Civil War	German Empire	1887–1889	Both squadrons wrecked
Pine Ridge Campaign or Ghost Dance War	Sioux	November 1890 – January 1891	United States victory
Bering Sea Anti-Poaching Operations	Bering Sea Poachers	June 22 - October 5, 1891	Suppression of seal poaching in the Bering Sea
Chilean Civil War	Chile	1891	United States Navy seizes Chilean ship; Breakdown of American and Chilean relations
Rio de Janeiro Affair	Brazilian Rebels	January 21–9, 1894	United States victory, objective completed
Second Samoan Civil War	Mataafans	1898–1899	Mataafan victory, Mata'afa Iosefo becomes high chief of Samoa; United States acquires American Samoa, Germany acquires German Samoa
Spanish-American War	Spain	April 25 – August 12, 1898	United States victory: Decisive United States victory Treaty of Paris Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba, cedes the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States for the sum of $20 million
Pacific Theater *Part of the Spanish-American War*	Spain	1898	US victory
Philippine Campaign *Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Spanish-American War*	Spain	1898	Expulsion of the Spanish colonial government during Spanish-American War (1898)
Guam Campaign *Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Spanish-American War*	Spain	1898	United States victory: United States captures Guam
Caribbean Theater *Part of the Spanish-American War*	Spain	1898	US victory
Cuban Campaign *Part of the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish-American War*	Spain	1898	US victory
Puerto Rican Campaign *Part of the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish-American War*	Spain	1898	Militarily inconclusive, Spain cedes Puerto Rico in accordance with the accords of the Treaty of Paris of 1898
Philippine Insurrection or Philippine–American War or Philippine War of Independence	First Philippine Republic Revolutionary forces Pulajanes	June 2, 1899 – July 4, 1902	United States victory and dissolution of the First Philippine Republic; The Philippines becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States
Moro Rebellion	Sultanate of Sulu Moro	1899–1913	United States victory
Boxer Rebellion or The Boxer Uprising	Righteous Harmony Society Qing Empire	September 28, 1899 - August 15, 1900	Alliance victory
Occupation of Nicaragua or Nicaraguan Campaign	Liberal rebels	1912–1933	United States victory
Mexican Revolution or Mexican Expedition or Pancho Villa Expedition	Mexico Yaqui	April 21, 1914 - June 16, 1919	Porfirio Diaz ousted from power and exiled in France, Convention of Aguascalientes between revolutionary leaders, Mexican Constitution of 1917 enacted, assassination of important revolutionary leaders Madero, Zapata and Carranza, founding of the National Revolutionary Party
Occupation of Haiti or Haitian Campaign or Caco War	Haiti Caco rebels	July 28, 1915 - August 1, 1934	United States victory, Cacos defeated, Haiti occupied.
Occupation of the Dominican Republic or Dominican Campaign	Dominican Republic	1916–1924	United States victory, Dominican Republic occupied.
World War I or First World War or Great War	Germany Austria-Hungary	1917–1918	Armistice with Germany November 11, 1918 Paris Peace Conference 1919 Treaty of Berlin (August 25, 1921) Treaty of Trianon (in part); Allied 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.
European Theatre *Part of World War I*	Germany Austria-Hungary	1917–1918	Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Western Front *Part of the European Theatre of World War I*	Germany Austria-Hungary	1917–1918	Allied victory. Collapse of the German Empire.
Italian Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War I*	Germany Austria-Hungary	1917–1918	Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles
Asian and Pacific Theatre *Part of World War I*	Germany	1917–1918	Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles
First Battle of the Atlantic *Part of World War I*	Germany	1917–1918	Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles
Russian Civil War	Russia	1918–1920	Allied withdrawal from Russia
North Russia Campaign *Part of the Russian Civil War*	Russia	1918–1920	Allied withdrawal
Siberian Intervention *Part of the Russian Civil War*	Russia	1918–1920	Allied withdrawal
World War II or Second World War	Empire of Japan Nazi Germany Fascist Italy Italian Social Republic Bulgaria Hungary Romania	December 7, 1941 - September 2, 1945	Allied victory: Dissolution of the Third Reich Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as Superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Second Battle of the Atlantic *Part of World War II*	Germany Italy Vichy France	1941–1945	Decisive Allied victory
Pacific War *Part of World War II*	Empire of Japan Manchukuo Wang Jingwei regime Second Philippine Republic Thailand Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind	1941–1945	Decisive Allied victory End of World War II: Fall of the Empire of Japan. Continuation of Chinese Civil War. Substantial weakening of European colonial powers, gradual decolonization of Asia (including the Indonesian National Revolution and the First Indochina War) American occupation of Japan, removal of all Japanese troops occupying parts of the Republic of China, retrocession of Taiwan to China, liberation of Korea and Manchuria from Japanese rule, division of Korea, secession of all Japanese-held islands in the Central Pacific Ocean, such as the Marianas Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Palau Islands to the United Nations, removal of all Japanese troops from the Australian-governed Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago, seizure of Sakhalin and of the Kuril Islands by the Soviet Union
Burma Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan State of Burma Thailand Free India		Decisive Allied victory, leading to later Independence of Burma in 1948
New Guinea Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan		Allied victory
Aleutian Islands Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan	June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943	Allied victory
Guadalcanal Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan	August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943	Strategic Allied victory
Solomon Islands Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan	January 1942 – August 21, 1945	Decisive Allied victory
Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan	November, 1943 – February, 1944	Allied victory
Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan	June – November, 1944	American victory
Philippines Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan Second Philippine Republic	October 20, 1944–September 2, 1945	Allied victory; Allied forces liberate the Philippines
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan	January – June, 1945	Allied victory
Borneo Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan	1 May - 1 August 1945	Allied victory; the Japanese are pushed further from Australia
Japan Campaign *Part of the Pacific War of World War II*	Empire of Japan	16 February - 23 July 1945	Allied victory
Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theatres *Part of World War II*	Germany Italy Vichy France Italian Social Republic	1941–1945	Allied victory
Algeria-French Morocco Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Vichy France Germany (naval participation in Morocco)	8–16 November 1942	Allied victory
Anzio Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany Italian Social Republic	January 22, 1944 – June 4, 1944	Operation successful; VI Corps established beachhead; Battle of Anzio followed
Egypt–Libya Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany	1942–1943	Allied forces finally succeed in driving all Axis forces out of Libya
Naples-Foggia Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany Italy (to 8 September)	3 September 1943 – 16 September 1943	Allied victory
North Apennines Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany Italian Social Republic	25 August-17 December 1944	Inconclusive
Po Valley Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany Italian Social Republic	6 April 1945 – 2 May 1945	Decisive Allied victory: German surrender in Italy Italian Social Republic disestablished
Rome-Arno Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany	22 Jan 1944 - 9 Sep 1944	German resistance crumbled
Sicily Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Italy Germany	9 July – 17 August 1943	Allied victory
Southern France Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany	15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944	Allied victory
Tunisia Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany Italy	17 November 1942 – 13 May 1943	Decisive Allied victory
European Theatre *Part of World War II*	Germany Italy Vichy France Italian Social Republic Hungary	1942–1945	Decisive Allied victory: Fall of Nazi Germany (concurrently with Eastern Front) Fall of Fascist Italy Liberation of occupied countries in Western and Northern Europe Partition of Germany (1945)
Normandy Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany	6 June 1944 – mid-July 1944	Decisive Allied victory
Northern France Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany	6 June – 25 August 1944	Decisive Allied victory
Rhineland Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany	25 August 1944 – March 1945	Allied victory
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany	16 December 1944 – 28 January 1945	Allied victory
Central Europe Campaign *Part of the European Theatre of World War II*	Germany Hungary	February 8, 1945 – May 8, 1945	Allied victory
Cold War	Soviet Union Yugoslavia Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Romania East Germany Albania People's Republic of China North Korea Cuba North Vietnam Khmer Rouge Afghanistan Grenada	1947–1991	Dissolution of the USSR; United States becomes world's sole superpower
First Indochina War or French Indochina War *Part of the Cold War*	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Pathet Lao Khmer Issarak People's Republic of China Soviet Union	1950–1954	Geneva Conference Departure of the French from Indochina
Korean War or Korean Conflict or The Forgotten War *Part of the Cold War*	Democratic People's Republic of Korea People's Republic of China Soviet Union Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Romania	1950–1953	Cease-fire armistice, North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled, UN invasion of North Korea repelled, Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled, Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis
Second Indochina War or Vietnam War or Vietnam Conflict *Part of the Cold War*	Democratic Republic of Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF) People's Republic of China Soviet Union	1953–1975	Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina, Dissolution of South Vietnam, Communist governments take power in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
Laotian Civil War or Secret War *Part of the Second Indochina War of the Cold War*	Pathet Lao Democratic Republic of Vietnam	1953–1975	Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
1958 Lebanon crisis or Operation Blue Bat	Lebanese Rebels	July 15 - October 25, 1958	Opposition successfully intimidated
Bay of Pigs Invasion	Cuba	April 17 - April 19, 1961	Cuban government victory
Cambodian Civil War *Part of the Second Indochina War of the Cold War*	National United Front of Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Democratic Republic of Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)	1970–1975	Fall of the Khmer Republic to the Khmer Rouge; creation of Democratic Kampuchea; Beginning of Cambodian Genocide
Invasion of the Dominican Republic or Operation Power Pack *Part of the Cold War*	Dominican Republic Supported by: Cuba	April 28, 1965 – September 1966	United States victory, Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer
Invasion of Grenada or Operation Urgent Fury *Part of the Cold War*	Grenada Cuba	25 October – 15 December 1983	Decisive United States/CPF victory
Lebanese Civil War or Multinational Force in Lebanon	Shia militia Druze miltia Syria	August 24, 1982 - February 7, 1984	Withdrawal starting February 7
1981 Gulf of Sidra incident or First Gulf of Sidra Incident	Libya	August 19, 1981	US victory; Deterioration of Libya – United States relations
Action in the Gulf of Sidra or Operation Prairie Fire	Libya	March 1986	Tactical US victory
Bombing of Libya or Operation El Dorado Canyon	Libya	April 15, 1986	Tactical US victory
Iran-Iraq War or Operation Earnest Will or Tanker War	Iran	1987–1988	Operation Prime Chance, Operation Nimble Archer, Operation Praying Mantis; US victory
1989 Gulf of Sidra incident or Second Gulf of Sidra Incident	Libya	January 4, 1989	US victory; Deterioration of Libya – United States relations
Invasion of Panama or Operation Just Cause	Panama PDF	20 December 1989 – 12 January 1990	Decisive United States victory
Gulf War or Persian Gulf War or Operation Desert Storm	Iraq	August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991	Coalition victory: Imposition of sanctions against Iraq Removal of Iraqi invasion force from Kuwait
Iraqi no-fly zones	Iraq	1991–2003	Operation Provide Comfort, Operation Southern Watch, Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (June 1993), Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (1996), Operation Northern Watch, Operation Desert Fox, Operation Southern Focus; Coalition victory
Somali Civil War or Operation Restore Hope	Various Somali factions	1992–1994	Multinational success
Bosnian War or Operation Deliberate Force	Republika Srpska	1993–1995	Dayton Accords
Operation Uphold Democracy	Haiti	19 September 1994 – 31 March 1995	Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti
Bombings of Afghanistan and Sudan or Operation Infinite Reach	Al-Qaeda Harkat-ul-Mujahideen National Islamic Front	August 20, 1998	Disputed
Kosovo War or Operation Allied Force or Operation Noble Anvil	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	March 24 – June 10, 1999	Kumanovo Treaty, UN Security Council Resolution 1244; Reflagged as KFOR in 1999 in support of Operation Joint Guardian
War on Terror	Al-Qaeda Taliban Caucasian militants Al-Shabaab Islamic Courts Union Iraqi insurgents Hamas Hezbollah Baath Party Loyalists	7 October, 2001 – present	Ongoing: Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Destruction of Al-Qaeda camps Taliban insurgency Fall of the Ba'ath Party government in Iraq Execution of Saddam Hussein Free elections Iraqi insurgency Killing of Osama bin Laden
Operation Enduring Freedom *Part of the War on Terror*	In Afghanistan: Taliban al-Qaeda In the Philippines: Moro Islamic Liberation Front Abu Sayyaf Jemaah Islamiyah In Somalia: Al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam Somalia Pirates In Sahara: Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb	7 October 2001 – present	Conflicts ongoing; Taliban regime overthrown but their forces still fight ISAF and Afghan government forces Killing of Osama bin Laden
Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan or War in Afghanistan *Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror*	Insurgent groups: Taliban al-Qaeda IMU HI-Gulbuddin HI-Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba JeM ETIM TTP IEW TNSM IJU 2001 Invasion: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan al-Qaeda	October 7, 2001 – present	Conflict ongoing: Invasion of Afghanistan Fall of the Taliban government Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished Occupation of Afghanistan Establishment of a new Afghan Government and Security Force Taliban insurgency War in North-West Pakistan Killing of Osama bin Laden
Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines or Operation Freedom Eagle *Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror*	Jemaah Islamiyah Abu Sayyaf Rajah Sulaiman Movement al-Qaeda	15 January 2002 – ongoing	Conflict ongoing
Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa *Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror*	Insurgents: al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (Dis) Islamic Courts Union (Dis) Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahedeen Hizbul Islam (Dis) Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia Ras Kamboni Brigades Jabhatul Islamiya Mu'askar Anole al-Qaeda See: Somali Civil War' Pirates: Somali Pirates Somali Marines National Volunteer Coast Guard (NVCG) Marka group Puntland Group Yemeni Pirates	7 October 2002 – present	Conflict ongoing
Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara *Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror*	al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb	6 February 2007 – ongoing	Conflict ongoing
Operation Iraqi Freedom or Iraq War *Part of the War on Terror*	Insurgent groups: Baath Party Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq (2003–11) Mahdi Army Special Groups Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah Iraq under Saddam Hussein	March 20, 2003 – December 15, 2011	Coalition combat operations concluded, low level internal conflict ongoing: Invasion of Iraq Overthrow of Baath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Coalition occupation of Iraq Iraqi insurgency and sectarian violence Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency Improvements in public security Foreign terrorist operations Elections held Presence of American troops in advise and assist role until the end of 2011
War in North-West Pakistan or Operation Freedom Eagle *Part of the War on Terror*	Taliban Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan TNSM Al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Ghazi Force	March 16, 2004 – ongoing	Conflict ongoing: Ongoing insurgency Large part of FATA under Taliban control Shifting public support for the Pakistani government
Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown *Part of the War on Terror*	Islamic Emirate of Abyan al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen	January 14, 2010 - ongoing	Conflict ongoing
Second Liberian Civil War	Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy Movement for Democracy in Liberia	2003	US Forces withdraw in 2003 after UNMIL is established
2004 Haitian rebellion	National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haïti	2004	Aristide ousted; interim government installed
Libyan Civil War or Operation Odyssey Dawn	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Armed forces Militia Foreign mercenaries	March 19, 2011 - October 23, 2011	Death of Muammar Ghaddafi Dissolution of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency	Lord's Resistance Army	2011	Conflict Ongoing

External links

Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
- Conflict Barometer - Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements

Major armed conflicts involving the United States Armed Forces

listed chronologically

Internal	Shays' Rebellion Whiskey Rebellion Dorr Rebellion Mormon War Bleeding Kansas Utah War Civil War Indian Wars Brooks–Baxter War Coal Creek War Homestead Strike Battle of Blair Mountain Bonus Army

International	Revolutionary War Quasi-War First Barbary War War of 1812 Second Barbary War First Sumatran Expedition Second Sumatran Expedition Ivory Coast Expedition Mexican–American War First Fiji Expedition Second Opium War Second Fiji Expedition Korean Expedition Spanish–American War Philippine–American War Boxer Rebellion Banana Wars Border War World War I Russian Civil War World War II Korean War Vietnam War Invasion of the Dominican Republic Invasion of Grenada Lebanese Civil War Invasion of Panama Gulf War Somali Civil War Bosnian War Kosovo War Afghanistan War Iraq War War in North-West Pakistan Libyan Civil War Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

Related articles	List of conflicts in the U.S. List of wars involving the U.S. Timeline of U.S. military operations Length of U.S. participation in major wars Overseas expansion Military history Covert regime-change actions Casualties of war

United States Armed Forces

Book
Portal
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
Category
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
- PHS
- NOAA
Navbox
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG

Leadership

Commander-in-chief: President of the United States
Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff (Chairman)
United States Congress: Committees on Armed Services:
- Senate
- House
Active duty four-star officers
Highest ranking officers in history
National Security Act of 1947
Goldwater–Nichols Act

Organization

Service departments	Department of Defense (Secretary): Army (Secretary) Navy (Secretary) Air Force (Secretary) Department of Homeland Security (Secretary): Coast Guard

Branches	Army (Chief of Staff) Marine Corps (Commandant) Navy (Chief of Naval Operations) Air Force (Chief of Staff) Coast Guard (Commandant)

Other uniformed services	Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (Surgeon General) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps (Director)

Reserve components	Reserves: A MC N AF CG National Guard: A AF

Civilian auxiliaries	Military Auxiliary Radio System Merchant Marine Civil Air Patrol Coast Guard Auxiliary

Unified Combatant Command	Northern Central European Pacific Southern Africa Special Operations Strategic Transportation

Structure

United States Code
The Pentagon
Installations
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
Budget
Units:
- A
- MC
- N
- AF
- CG
Logistics
Media

Operations and history

Personnel

Training	MEPS ASVAB Recruit training: A MC N AF CG Officer candidate school: A MC N AF Warrant: A MC Service academies: A (prep) N (prep) AF (prep) CG Merchant Marine PHS Junior/Reserve Officers' Training Corps: A MC/N AF Other education

Uniforms	Uniforms: A MC N AF CG Awards & decorations: Inter-service A MC/N AF CG Foreign International Devices Badges: Identification A MC N AF CG

Ranks	Enlisted: A MC N AF CG Warrant officers Officer: A MC N AF CG PHS NOAA

Other	Oath: Enlistment Office Creeds & Codes: Code of Conduct NCO A MC N AF CG Service numbers: A MC N AF CG Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code Pay Uniform Code of Military Justice Judge Advocate General's Corps Military Health System/TRICARE Separation Veterans Affairs Conscription Chiefs of Chaplains: A MC N AF CG

Equipment

Land	Individual weapons Crew-served weapons Vehicles (active)

Sea	All watercraft Ships: A N (active) AF CG MSC NOAA Weapons: N CG Aircraft: N CG NOAA Reactors

Air	Aircraft WWI active Aircraft designation Missiles Helicopter arms

Other	Electronics (designations) Flags: A MC N AF CG Ensign Jack Guidons Food WMDs: Nuclear Biological Chemical

Legend: A = Army, MC = Marine Corps, N = Navy, AF = Air Force, CG = Coast Guard, PHS = Public Health Service, NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MSC = Military Sealift Command

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 Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

List of wars involving the United States

List

See also

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