List of wars involving the United States

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

18th century wars

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
American Revolutionary War
(17751783)
 United States
Kingdom of France France
Spain Spain
Vermont

 Netherlands


Mysore


Oneida
Tuscarora
Watauga Association
Catawba
Lenape
Choctaw

 Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain Loyalists
Holy Roman Empire German Auxiliaries

Iroquois
Onondaga
Mohawk
Cayuga
Seneca
Cherokee Nation Cherokee

Victory
Chickamauga War
(17761795)
 United States Cherokee Nation Cherokee Victory
Northwest Indian War
(17851793)
 United States
Western Confederacy
Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain
Victory
Whiskey Rebellion
(17911794)
 United States Frontier tax protesters Victory
  • Armed resistance eliminated.
  • Minor tax evasion
Quasi-War
(17981800)
Part of the French Revolutionary War
 United States
Batavian Republic
 Great Britain
France France
Spain Spain
Indecisive
  • Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance
  • End of French privateer attacks on American shipping
  • American neutrality and renunciation of claims against France

19th century wars

War of 1812
American Civil War
Spanish–American War
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
First Barbary War
(18011805)
Part of the Barbary Wars
 United States
 Sweden
Eyalet of Tripolitania

Morocco Sultanate of Morocco

Victory
  • Peace treaty
Tecumseh's War
(1811)
 United States Tecumseh's Confederacy Victory
  • Peace treaty
War of 1812
(18121815)
 United States
Choctaw
Cherokee
Creek Allies
British Empire United Kingdom


Spain Spain (1814)

Stalemate
Creek War
(18131814)
 United States
Lower Creeks
Cherokee
Choctaw
Red Stick Creek Victory
Second Barbary War
(1815)
Part of the Barbary Wars
 United States Regency of Algiers Victory
  • Peace treaty
First Seminole War
(18171818)
 United States Seminole
Spain Spanish Florida
Victory
Texas-Indian wars
(18201875)
 Republic of Texas
 United States
Comanche Victory
Arikara War
(1823)
 United States Arikara Victory
Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations
(18251828)
 United States First Hellenic Republic 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)
 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)
 United States
 Netherlands
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory
Black Hawk War
(1832)
 United States
Ho-Chunk
Menominee
Dakota
Potawatomi
Black Hawks British Band
Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies
Victory
Second Seminole War
(18351842)
 United States Seminole Victory
Patriot War
(1838)
Part of the Rebellions of 1837
United Kingdom United Kingdom
United Kingdom Upper Canada
 United States
Republic of Canada
Hunters' Lodge
Victory
United States Exploring Expedition
(18381842)
 United States Fiji Fiji
Samoa Samoa
Kiribati Tabiteuea
Victory
  • "Exploration" successful
Second Sumatran expedition
(1838)
 United States
 Netherlands
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory
Mexican–American War
(18461848)
 United States
California Republic
 Mexico Victory
Cayuse War
(18471855)
 United States Cayuse Victory
Apache Wars
(18511900)
 United States Apache
Ute
Yavapai
Victory
Puget Sound War
(18551856)
 United States Nisqually
Muckleshoot
Puyallup
Klickitat
Haida
Tlingit
Victory
  • Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Rogue River Wars
(18551856)
 United States Rogue River people Victory
  • Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Third Seminole War
(18551858)
 United States Seminole Victory
Yakima War
(18551858)
 United States Yakama Victory
  • Peace treaty
Utah War
(18571858)
 United States Utah Deseret / Utah Mormons (Nauvoo Legion) Resolution
  • 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
(18581866)
 United States Navajo Victory
Cochinchina Campaign
(18581862)
France France
Spain Spain
 United States
Nguyễn Dynasty Victory
First and Second Cortina War
(18591861)
United States United States
Confederate States of America Confederate States
Mexico Mexican Paramilitary Forces Victory
Paiute War
(1860)
 United States Paiute
Shoshone
Bannock
Victory
Reform War
(1860)
Mexico Mexican Liberals
 United States
Mexico Mexican Conservatives Victory
American Civil War
(18611865)
 United States  Confederate States Victory
Yavapai Wars
(18611875)
 United States Yavapai Victory
Dakota War of 1862
(1862)
 United States Dakota Sioux Victory
Colorado War
(18631865)
 United States Cheyenne
Arapaho
Victory
Shimonoseki War
(18631864)
 British Empire
 Dutch Empire
France French Empire
 United States
Chōshū Domain Victory
  • Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000.
Snake War
(18641868)
 United States Paiute
Bannock
Shoshone
Victory
Powder River War
(1865)
 United States Sioux
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Victory
Red Cloud's War
(18661868)
 United States Lakota
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Defeat
Comanche Campaign
(18671875)
 United States Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa
Victory
United States expedition to Korea
(1871)
 United States Joseon Dynasty Victory
  • Spurred by Joseon's unknown treatment of the American merchant ship General Sherman.
Modoc War
(18721873)
 United States Modoc Victory
Red River War
(18741875)
 United States Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa
Victory
  • End to the Texas-Indian Wars
Las Cuevas War
(1875)
 United States Mexican militia Victory
  • Cattle returned to Texas
Great Sioux War of 1876
(18761877)
 United States Lakota
Northern Cheyenne
Arapaho
Victory
  • Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to the United States
Nez Perce War
(1877)
 United States Nez Perce Victory
Bannock War
(1878)
 United States Bannock
Shoshone
Victory
Cheyenne War
(18781879)
 United States Cheyenne Victory
Sheepeater Indian War
(1879)
 United States Shoshone Victory
White River War
(18791880)
 United States Ute Victory
Pine Ridge Campaign
(18901891)
 United States Sioux Victory
    Garza Revolution
    (18911893)
     Mexico
     United States
    Garzistas Victory
    Yaqui Wars
    (1896-1918)
     United States
    Mexico Mexico
    Yaqui Victory
    Second Samoan Civil War
    (18981899)
     Samoa
     United States
    Samoa Mataafans
     Germany
    Compromise
    Spanish–American War
    (1898)
     United States
     Cuba
    Philippine Republic
    Katipunan
     Spain
    Victory
    Philippine–American War
    (18991902)
     United States  First Philippine Republic
    First Philippine Republic Philippine Republican Army
    First Philippine Republic Pulajanes
     Sulu Sultanate
    Sulu Sultanate Moro
    Republic of Zamboanga
    Republic of Negros
    Victory
    Moro Rebellion
    (18991913)
     United States
    Moro
    Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate
    Victory
    Boxer Rebellion
    (18991901)
    British Empire United Kingdom
     Russia
     Japan
    France France
     United States
     Germany
     Italy
     Austria-Hungary
    Righteous Harmony Society
     China
    Victory
    • The rebellion was suppressed
    • Signing of the Boxer Protocol
    • Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing

    20th century wars

    World War I
    World War II
    A group of soldiers readying a large gun in some brush.
    Korean War
    Lebanese Intervention
    Vietnam War
    Dominican Civil War
    Invasion of Grenada
    Invasion of Panama
    Gulf War
    Somali Civil War
    Bosnian War
    Kosovo War
    Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
    Border War
    (19101919)
    Part of the Mexican Revolution
     United States Mexican Carrancistas
    German Empire Germany
    Mexican Carrancista/American Victory over Villista rebels
    Occupation of Nicaragua
    (19121933)
    Part of the Banana Wars
     United States
     Nicaragua
    Nicaraguan Liberals
    German Empire Germany
    Victory
    • Nicaragua occupied until 1933.
    • Great Depression marked US withdrawal in 1933.
    • Change of regime in Nicaragua.
    Occupation of Haiti
    (19151934)
    Part of the Banana Wars
     United States
    Haiti Haiti
    Haiti Haitian Rebels
    German Empire Germany
    Victory
    • Haiti occupied
    Occupation of the Dominican Republic
    (19161924)
    Part of the Banana Wars
     United States
    Dominican Republic Dominican Rebels
    German Empire Germany
    Victory
    • Dominican Republic occupied
    World War I
    (19171918)
     France
     United Kingdom
     Russia
     United States
    Republic of China (1912–49) China
     Italy
     Japan
     Canada
     Australia
     New Zealand
     India
     South Africa
     Serbia
     Montenegro
     Romania
     Belgium
     Greece
     Portugal
     Brazil
     Haiti
     Germany
     Austria-Hungary
     Ottoman Empire
     Bulgaria
    Victory
    Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
    (19181920)
    Part of the Russian Civil War
    Russia Russian White Movement
     United Kingdom
     United States
     Japan
     Czechoslovakia
     Greece
     Poland
    France France
     Romania
     Serbia
     Italy
    Republic of China (1912–49) 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
    World War II
    (19411945)
     Soviet Union
     United States
     United Kingdom
     China
    Free France French Resistance
     Poland
     Canada
     Australia
     New Zealand
     India
     South Africa
     Mongolia
     Yugoslavia
     Greece
     Denmark
     Norway
     Netherlands
     Philippines
     Belgium
     Luxembourg
     Czechoslovakia
     Brazil
     Mexico
     Ethiopia
    North Vietnam Viet Minh
    Korea KLA
     El Salvador
     Haiti
     Germany
    France Vichy France
     Japan
     Italy
     Hungary
     Romania
     Bulgaria
     Finland
     Thailand
     Manchukuo
     Mengjiang
     Croatia
     Slovakia
     Albania
    Victory
    Korean War
    (19501953)
    Part of the Cold War
     South Korea
     United States
     United Kingdom
     Australia
     Belgium
    Canada
    Philippines
     Colombia
    Ethiopia
    Greece
     Luxembourg
    Netherlands
     New Zealand
    South Africa
     Thailand
     Turkey
     Guatemala
     North Korea

     China
     Soviet Union

    Ceasefire
    • Cease-fire armistice
    • North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
    • UN invasion of North Korea repelled
    • Chinese-North Korean-Soviet invasion of South Korea repelled
    • Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border
    Intervention in Lebanon
    (1958)
    Lebanon Lebanese Government
     United States
    INM
    LCP
    PSP
    Victory
    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    (1961)
    Part of the Cold War
     United States
    Cuba CDRF
    Cuba Cuba Defeat
    • U.S led invasion suppressed.
    • Failed to assassinate Fidel Castro
    Dominican Civil War
    (19651966)
    United States
    Brazil Brazil
     Honduras
     Paraguay
     Nicaragua
     Dominican Republic Victory
    Vietnam War
    (19651973)
    Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars
     South Vietnam
     United States
     South Korea
     Australia
     New Zealand
     Thailand
    Cambodia Khmer Republic
    Kingdom of Laos
     North Vietnam
    Viet Cong
    Khmer Rouge
    Khmer Issarak
    Laos Pathet Lao
    Defeat
    Multinational Force in Lebanon
    (1982-1984)
     Italy
     United States
     France
     United Kingdom
    Islamic Jihad Organization Victory
    Invasion of Grenada
    (1983)
    Part of the Cold War
     United States
     Jamaica
    Grenada PRG of Grenada
     Cuba
    Victory
    • Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed
    • Defeat of Cuban military presence
    • Restoration of Constitutional Government
    Invasion of Panama
    (19891990)
     United States  Panama Victory
    Gulf War
    (19901991)
     Kuwait
     United States
     United Kingdom
     Saudi Arabia
     France
     Canada
     Egypt
     Syria
     Qatar
     Bahrain
     United Arab Emirates
     Oman
     Bangladesh
    Iraq Victory
    Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
    (19912003)
     United States
     United Kingdom
     France
     Australia
     Belgium
     Netherlands
     Saudi Arabia
     Turkey
    Iraq
    Victory
    Somali Civil War
    (19921995)
     United States
     United Kingdom
     Spain
     Saudi Arabia
     Malaysia
     Pakistan
     Italy
     India
     Greece
     Germany
     France
     Canada
     Botswana
     Belgium
     Australia
    Somalia Somalia Victory
    • UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled.
    • About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance.
    • Civil war is ongoing.
    Intervention in Haiti
    (19941995)
     United States
     Poland
     Argentina
     Haiti
    Victory
    Bosnian War
    (19941995)
    Part of the Yugoslav Wars
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia 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
    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
    Stalemate
    • Dayton Accords
    • Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords
    • Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement
    • Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
    Kosovo War
    (19981999)
    Part of the Yugoslav Wars
    KLA
    Albania AFRK
     Albania
     Croatia
     United States
     Belgium
     Canada
     Czech Republic
     Denmark
     France
     Germany
     Hungary
     Italy
     Luxembourg
     Netherlands
     Norway
     Portugal
     Poland
     Spain
     Turkey
     United Kingdom
    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia Victory

    21st century wars

    War in Afghanistan
    lraq War
    War in Pakistan
    Intervention in Libya
    Intervention against ISIL
    Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
    War in Afghanistan
    (2001present)
    Part of the War on Terror
     United States
     Afghanistan
    ISAF
     United Kingdom
     Germany
     Denmark
     Italy
     France
     Canada
     Australia
     New Zealand
     El Salvador
     Armenia
     Georgia
     Norway
     Sweden
     Poland
     Estonia
     Romania
     Turkey
     Bulgaria
     Hungary
     Luxembourg
     Portugal
     Austria
     Jordan
     Albania
     Iceland
    Northern Alliance
    Afghanistan Taliban
    al-Qaeda
    Mujahideen
    IMU
    Haqqani network
    ETIM
    Islamic Jihad Union
    Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
    United Tajik Opposition
    Ongoing
    Iraq War
    (20032011)
    Part of the War on Terror and Iraqi Insurgency
     United States
     Iraq
     United Kingdom
     South Korea
     Italy
     Poland
     Australia
     Georgia
     Ukraine
     Estonia
     Netherlands
     Spain
     Denmark
    MNF–I
    Baath Loyalists
    Islamic State of Iraq
    al-Qaeda in Iraq
    Mahdi Army
    Special Groups
    IAI
    Ansar al-Sunnah

    Iraq Ba'athist Iraq

    Victory
    War in North-West Pakistan
    (2004–present)
    Part of the War on Terror
     United States

     Pakistan

    Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
    al-Qaeda
    Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
    Lashkar-e-Islam
    Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
    East Turkestan Islamic Movement
    Tehreek-e-Shariat

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

    Ongoing
    • Ongoing insurgency
    • Drone strikes being conducted by military and CIA
    • Large part of FATA under Taliban control.
    • Shifting public support for the Pakistani government
    • Killing of Osama bin Laden
    • Various insurgent groups continue to fight under ISIL allegiance.
    Military intervention in Libya
    (2011)
    Part of the Libyan Civil War
    Libya NLA
     Qatar
     United States
     Bulgaria
     Belgium
     Canada
     Denmark
     France
     Greece
     Italy
     Netherlands
     Norway
     Romania
     Spain
     Turkey
     United Kingdom
     Sweden
     Jordan
     United Arab Emirates
    Libya Victory
    Military intervention against ISIL
    (2014present)
    Part of the Iraqi Insurgency, Syrian Civil War,
    Second Libyan Civil War, Sinai insurgency,
    Boko Haram insurgency, and the War on Terror
     United States
     France
     Jordan
     Morocco
     United Kingdom
     Iraq
    Syria Syrian Opposition
     Egypt
     Libya
     Australia
     Belgium
     Canada
     Denmark
     Germany
     Italy
     Netherlands
     New Zealand
     Bahrain
     Saudi Arabia
     United Arab Emirates
     Qatar
     Nigeria
     Cameroon
     Chad
     Niger

     Iran
    Hezbollah

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
    Boko Haram

    al-Nusra Front
    Khorasan


    Ahrar ash-Sham

    Ongoing
    • Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria.
    • Multinational humanitarian effort
    • Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee their homes to escape advancing ISIL forces.
    • Thousands of Syrian and Iraqi civilians killed or wounded by ISIL forces.
    • Arming and support for local ground forces
    • 2 American journalists, 1 American humanitarian supporter, 1 American oil worker, 2 British humanitarian supporters, 1 French tourist, 2 Japanese civilians, and 1 Jordanian pilot executed.

    See also

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