200+ YEARS OF
AMERICAN WARS
ALMOST NO OTHER NATION ON EARTH HAS BEEN AT WAR THIS MUCH
ALMOST NO OTHER NATION ON EARTH HAS BEEN AT WAR THIS MUCH
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List of American Wars
The American Revolution
1775-1783 The Indian Wars 1775-1890 Shay's Rebellion 1786-1787 Rebellion Anti-(state)Government Rebels vs. Massachusetts The Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Rebellion Anti-Tax Rebels in Western Pennsylvania Quasi-War With France 1798-1800 Inter-State (Naval) War France Fries's Rebellion "The Hot Water War" 1799 Rebellion Anti-Tax Rebels in Pennsylvania The Barbary Wars 1800-1815 Inter-State War The Barbary States (Tripoli, Algiers & Morocco) The War of 1812 1812-1815 Inter-State War Great Britain The Growing & Troubled Republic
Primary Name of Conflict
Dates of Conflict
(U.S. Involvement Only) Type of Conflict Primary Opponent(s) of the United States Mexican-American War 1846-1848 Inter-State War Mexico U.S. Slave Rebellions 1800-1865 Slave Rebellions Various Slave groups "Bleeding Kansas" 1855-1860 Civil War (state of Kansas) Pro-Slavery vs. Anti-Slavery Kansans Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry 1859 Rebellion Anti-Slavery Rebels (Led by John Brown) United States Civil War 1861-1865 Civil War United States (The North) vs. The Confederate States (The South) U.S. Intervention in Hawaiian Revolution 1893 Internal Rebellion & Foreign Intervention The Spanish-American War 1898 Inter-State War U.S. Intervention in Samoan Civil War 1898-1899 Civil War & Foreign Intervention U.S.-Philippine War 1899-1902 Colonial War, War of Imperialism Boxer Rebellion 1900 Internal Rebellion & Foreign Intervention Chinese Government & "Boxer" Rebels The Moro Wars 1901-1913 Colonial Wars Philippine Muslim Rebels U.S. Intervention in Panamanian Revolution 1903 Secessionist Revolution & Foreign Intervention Colombia The Banana Wars 1909-1933 Civil Wars & Foreign Intervention Various Rebel Groups In Central America U.S. Occupation of Vera Cruz 1914 Inter-State War Mexico Pershing's Raid Into Mexico 1916-1917 Inter-State, Border War Mexican Government & Mexican Rebels ("Bandits") World War I 1917-1918 (American involvement only) Inter-State War Germany Allied Intervention in Russian Civil War 1919-1921 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Russian Bolshevik (Soviet) Government World War II 1941-1945 (American involvement only) Inter-State War Germany, Japan & Italy The Cold War 1945-1991 Global Inter-State Cold War The Soviet Union & Communist China The Korean War 1950-1953 Inter-State War North Korea & China The Second Indochina War "Vietnam War" 1956-1975 Civil War, Inter-State War North Vietnam & South Vietnamese "Viet Cong" Rebels U.S. Intervention in Lebanon 1958 Civil War & Foreign Intervention No real foe for U.S. Troops landed to support Lebanon Gov. Dominican Intervention 1965 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Rebels in the Dominican Republic The Mayaguez Rescue Operation
News Story 1975 (May 15)
Hostage Rescue & Inter-State Conflict Khmer Rouge Guerrillas (the new government of Cambodia) Iranian Hostage Rescue "Desert One" or "Operation Eagle Claw" 1980 (April 25) Hostage Rescue & Inter-State Conflict Iran U.S. Libya Conflict 1981, 1986 Inter-State War Libya U.S. Intervention in Lebanon 1982-1984 Civil War,Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Syria & Various Muslim and Leftist Lebanese Militias U.S. Invasion of Grenada 1983 Inter-State War Marxist Grenadian Faction & Cuba The Tanker War
"Operation Earnest Will"
1987-1988 Inter-State War Iran U.S. Invasion of Panama 1989 Inter-State War Panama Second Persian Gulf War "Operation Desert Storm" 1991 Inter-State War Iraq "No-Fly Zone" War 1991-2003 Inter-State War Iraq U.S. Intervention in Somalia 1992-1994 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Various Somali Militias NATO Intervention in Bosnia (Operation Deliberate Force) Summary 1994-1995 Civil War,Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Bosnian Serb Rebels U.S. Occupation of Haiti 1994 Foreign Intervention Haitian Government U.S. Embassy bombings and strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (The bin Laden War) August, 1998 Terrorist Conflict "Desert Fox" Campaign (part of U.S./Iraq Conflict) December, 1998 Inter-State War Iraq Kosovo War 1999 Civil War, Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Yugoslavia/Serbia Attack on the USS Cole October 12, 2000 Terrorist Conflict Terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon September 11, 2001 Terrorist Conflict Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization Afghanistan War (Operation Enduring Freedom) October 7, 2001-Present War against Terrorism The Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaida organization Third Persian Gulf War "Operation Iraqi Freedom" March 19, 2003-Present Inter-State War Iraq |
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