Continual Us Involvement in Armed Conflicts

Wars involving or caused by the USA

This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America. [1] Currently, there are 107 wars on this list, 3 of which are ongoing.

 USA defeat
 USA victory
 Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
 Ongoing conflict

18th-century wars

Conflict Allies Belligerent Result for the United States and its Allies Presidents of the United States
American Revolutionary War
(1775–1783)

Location: Eastern North America, Southern North America

the Atlantic

The Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776

United States
Kingdom of France Kingdom of France
  • Canadian Auxiliaries

Spain Spanish Empire

Iroquois

  • Oneida
  • Tuscarora

Watauga Association
Catawba
Lenape
Choctaw


Dutch Republic


Great Britain
Loyalists
Holy Roman Empire German Auxiliaries

Iroquois

  • Onondaga
  • Cayuga
  • Seneca

Cherokee

US-allied victory
  • Treaty of Paris (1783)
  • Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America and the Thirteen Colonies.
President of the Continental Congress in American Revolutionary War:
  • John Hancock
  • Henry Laurens
  • John Jay
  • Samuel Huntington
  • Thomas McKean
  • John Hanson
  • Elias Boudinot
  • Thomas Mifflin
  • Richard Henry Lee
  • John Hancock
  • Nathaniel Gorham
  • Arthur St. Clair
  • Cyrus Griffin
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
Choctaw
Cherokee US-allied victory President of the Continental Congress in Cherokee–American wars:
  • John Hancock
  • Henry Laurens
  • John Jay
  • Samuel Huntington
  • Thomas McKean
  • John Hanson
  • Elias Boudinot
  • Thomas Mifflin
  • Richard Henry Lee
  • John Hancock
  • Nathaniel Gorham
  • Arthur St. Clair
  • Cyrus Griffin

Presidents of the United States:

  • George Washington
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
Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain
  • Kingdom of Great Britain British North America
US-allied victory
  • Treaty of Greenville (1795)
  • American occupation of the Northwest Territory
George Washington
Quasi-War
(1798–1800)

'Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean

USS Constellation vs. L'Insurgente

United States

Co-belligerent:
Great Britain

France French Republic
  • French First Republic Guadeloupe
Convention of 1800
  • Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance
  • End of French privateer attacks on American shipping
  • American neutrality and renunciation of claims by France
John Adams

19th-century wars

Conflict Allies Belligerent Result for the United States and its Allies Presidents of the United States
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[2]
Sweden[2]
Kingdom of Sicily[2]
United Kingdom Malta Protectorate[2]
Kingdom of Portugal[2]
Sultanate of Morocco[2]
border=no Ottoman Tripolitania[3]
Morocco Sultanate of Morocco[3]
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

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

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.

United States
Choctaw Nation
Cherokee Nation
Creek Allies
United Kingdom
  • British Empire British North America
  • The Canadas

Tecumseh's Confederacy

List

    • Shawnee
    • Red Sticks
    • Ojibway
    • Chickamauga
    • Meskwaki
    • Iroquois
    • Miami
    • Mingo
    • Odawa
    • Kickapoo
    • Lenape
    • Mascouten
    • Potawatomi
    • Sauk
    • Wyandot
Spain Spain (1814)
Inconclusive/Other Result
  • Treaty of Ghent
  • Military stalemate; both sides' invasion attempts repulsed
  • Status quo ante bellum
  • Defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy
  • Burning of Washington including the White House and the Capitol
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 Nation
Red Stick Creek US-allied victory
  • 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 Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg Deylik of Algiers
US victory
First Seminole War
(1817–1818)

Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars

Location: Pensacola, Spanish Florida

Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke near Tampa Bay

United States Seminole

Spain Spanish Florida

US 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 center of the peninsula in the Treaty of Moultrie Creek of 1823
James Monroe
Arikara War
(1823)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Missouri River

An Arikara warrior

United States

Sioux

Arikara Inconclusive/Other Result
  • White Peace treaty agreed by US Col Leavenworth[4]
Winnebago War
(1827)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory

United States
Choctaw Nation
Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks
with a few allies
US-allied victory
  • Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States
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

United States
Ho-Chunk
Menominee
Dakota
Potawatomi
Black Hawk's British Band
Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies
US-allied 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)
Andrew Jackson
Texas Revolution
(1835–1836)

Location: Texas

Fall of the Alamo

Republic of Texas

United States

  • Out of the Texan soldiers serving from January through March 1836, 78% had arrived from the United States after October 2, 1835. [Note 1] [5]
Mexican Republic Texan victory
  • The Republic of Texas gains its independence.
  • Texas is annexed into the United States in 1845.
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 US victory
  • Approximately 3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory
  • Approximately 300 remain in Everglades
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)

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

U.S. Marines search for Seminoles in the Everglades

Republic of Texas
United States
Comanche US victory
Aroostook War
(1838–1839)
Location: Maine–New Brunswick border

Map showing the boundary claims and final border

United States United Kingdom
British America
Inconclusive/Other Result
  • Webster–Ashburton Treaty
Martin Van Buren
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 US-allied victory
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Mexican Cession
  • Mexican recognition of US sovereignty over Texas and California (among other territories)
James K. Polk
Cayuse War
(1847–1855)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Oregon

The Whitman Massacre.

United States Cayuse US victory
  • Cayuse reduced in numbers and forced to cede most of their lands
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

U.S. Cavalry dash for cover while fighting Apaches, by F. Remington

United States Apache
Ute
Yavapai
US victory
  • Apaches moved to reservations
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

Fort Defiance

United States Navajo Nation US victory
  • Long Walk of the Navajo
  • Navajos moved to reservations
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.
  • Kansas admitted as a free state on January 29, 1861.
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

United States
Snoqualmie
Nisqually
Muckleshoot
Puyallup
Klickitat
Haida
Tlingit
US victory
  • Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde and Coast Reservations[ citation needed ]
Franklin Pierce
Rogue River Wars
(1855–1856)

Location: Rogue Valley

United States Rogue River people US victory
  • Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde and Coast Reservations
Third Seminole War
(1855–1858)

Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars

Location: Pensacola, Florida

United States Seminole US 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
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 USSDecatur opens fire on advancing tribal forces.

United States
Snoqualmie
Yakama
Walla Walla tribe
Umatilla tribe
Nez Perce tribe
Cayuse tribe
US victory
Second Opium War
(1856–1859)

Part of the Opium Wars

Location: China

Palikao's bridge, on the evening of the battle, by Émile Bayard

United Kingdom British Empire
France French Empire
United States
China US victory
  • Treaties of Tientsin
  • Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island ceded to the United Kingdom as part of British Hong Kong
Utah War
(1857–1858)

Part of the Mormon wars

Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming

United States Deseret/Utah Mormons

(Nauvoo Legion)

Inconclusive/Other Result
  • 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
Reform War
(1858–1866)
Location: Mexico
Mexico Liberals
United States
Mexico Conservatives Liberals - US victory
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.

United States
  • Washington Territory
United Kingdom
  • Colony of Vancouver Island
Inconclusive
  • Treaty of Washington
  • Mostly a bloodless war – San Juan Islands awarded to the United States following third-party arbitration
James Buchanan
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
(1859)

Part of pre-Civil War conflicts

Location: West Virginia

Harper's Weekly illustration of U.S. Marines attacking John Brown's "Fort" Teresa Baine

United States Abolitionist Insurgents US victory
First and Second Cortina War
(1859–1861)

Location: Texas and Mexico

United States United States

Confederate States of America Confederate States


Mexico

Mexico Cortinista bandits US-allied victory
Paiute War
(1860)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada

United States Paiute
Shoshone
Bannock
US victory
American Civil War
(1861–1865)

Location: Southern United States, Indian Territory, Northeastern United States, Western United States, Atlantic Ocean

The Battle of Antietam, by Thure de Thulstrup.

United States
Indian Home Guard
Seminole Nation (Western) (most)[6]
Seminole Nation (Florida)
Muskogee Nation (part)[7]
Confederate States
Cherokee Nation
Choctaw Nation
Catawba
Chickasaw Nation (part)
Muskogee Nation (part)
Seminole Nation (Western) (part)
Comanche Nation (part)
US victory
  • Dissolution of the Confederate States
  • U.S. territorial integrity preserved
  • Beginning of the Reconstruction Era
  • U.S. Federal government expands further control over land and railroad rights in the Indian Territory.

Abraham Lincoln

Yavapai Wars
(1861–1875)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Arizona

Rescue of Lt. Charles King.jpg

Rescue of Lt. Charles King

United States 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

United States Dakota Sioux US victory Abraham Lincoln
Colorado War
(1863–1865)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska

United States Cheyenne
Arapaho
Sioux
Inconclusive/Other Result
  • Military and congressional hearings against John Chivington
Snake War
(1864–1868)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho

United States 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

United States Sioux
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Inconclusive

Andrew Johnson

Red Cloud's War
(1866–1868)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Powder River State

The Fetterman Massacre

United States
Crow Nation
Lakota
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Lakota-allied victory
  • 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: Hengchun, Taiwan, Qing China'

Attack of United States Marines and Sailors on the pirates of the island of Formosa, East Indies, Harper's Weekly

United States Paiwan US victory
Comanche Campaign
(1867–1875)

Part of the American Indian Wars

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
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

The captured Sujagi aboard USS Colorado in June 1871

United States Joseon dynasty Inconclusive/Other Result

American military victory

American diplomatic failure

  • Withdrawal of American forces
  • Korea retains isolationist policies
  • Eventual signing of the United States–Korea Treaty of 1882
Ulysses S. Grant
Modoc War
(1872–1873)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: California and Oregon

Engraving of soldiers recovering the bodies of the slain May 3, 1873.

United States Modoc US victory
Red River War
(1874–1875)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Texas

United States Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa
US victory
  • End to the Texas-Indian Wars
Las Cuevas War
(1875)

Location: Texas and Mexico

Texan soldiers.

United States Mexican bandits US victory
  • Cattle returned to Texas
Great Sioux War of 1876
(1876–1877)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming

Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn.

United States Lakota
Dakota Sioux
Northern Cheyenne
Arapaho
US victory
  • Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to the United States
Buffalo Hunters' War
(1876–1877)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Texas and Oklahoma

United States Comanche
Apache
US victory
Nez Perce War
(1877)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana

Chief Joseph's band in the Battle of Bear Paw Mountain

United States Nez Perce
Palouse
US victory Rutherford B. Hayes
Bannock War
(1878)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming

United States Bannock
Shoshone
Paiute
US victory
Cheyenne War
(1878–1879)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana

Aftermath of the Battle of "The Pit."

United States Cheyenne US victory
Sheepeater Indian War
(1879)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Idaho

United States Shoshone US victory
Victorio's War
(1879–1880)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Mexico

United States
Mexico
Apache US-allied victory
White River War
(1879)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Colorado

Battle of Milk Creek Canyon

United States 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.

United States Egypt US victory Grover Cleveland
Crow War
(1887)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Montana

Crow Indians Firing into the Agency 1887.jpg

Crow Indians Firing into the Agency 1887

United States Crow people US victory
Ghost Dance War
(1890–1891)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: South Dakota

Mass grave for the dead Lakota after the conflict at Wounded Knee Creek.

United States Sioux US victory Benjamin Harrison
Bering Sea Anti-Poaching Operations
(1891)
Location: Bering Sea, Pacific Ocean

"Old Salts of the Square-Rigger Navy" on board USS Mohican, 1888, by H. W. Whitaker.

United States
United Kingdom
Canadian Poachers Anglo-American victory
Garza War
(1891–1893)

Location: Texas and Mexico

3rd Cavalry Troopers searching a suspected Revolutionist, 1892

Mexico
United States
Garzistas US-allied victory
Yaqui Wars
(1896–1918)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Arizona and Mexico

10th Cavalry soldiers holding Yaqui prisoners at their camp in Bear Valley, January 9, 1918.

United States
Mexico
Flag of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.svg Yaqui
Pima
Opata
US-allied victory 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)

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
German Empire
Inconclusive/Other Result
  • 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
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.

United States
Cuban Revolutionaries
Filipino Revolutionaries
Spain Spain
  • Cuba
  • Guam
  • Philippines
  • Puerto Rico
US-allied victory
  • Treaty of Paris
  • Protectorate over Cuba
  • Collapse of the Spanish Empire
Philippine–American War
(1899–1902)

Location: Philippines

U.S. soldiers during the Battle of Manila.

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
Flag of the Katagalugan Republic.svg Tagalog Republic

  • Irrenconcilables
US victory
  • Occupation of the Philippines
  • Establishment of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
  • General Emilio Aguinaldo captured
  • Dissolution of the First Philippine Republic
William McKinley (March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901)


Theodore Roosevelt (September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909)

Moro Rebellion
(1899–1913)

Location: Philippines

American soldiers battling against Moro fighters.

United States Moro
Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate
US victory
  • Total annexation of the Philippine Islands
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)

Boxer Rebellion
(1899–1901)

Location: China

U.S. soldiers during the Boxer Rebellion in China.

British Empire
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • India

Russian Empire
Empire of Japan
France French Republic
United States
German Empire
Kingdom of Italy
Austro-Hungarian Empire
China (until 1900)

Boxers
China (from 1900)
US-allied victory
  • Signing of the Boxer Protocol
  • Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing
William McKinley

20th-century wars

Conflict Allies Belligerent Result for the United States and its Allies Presidents of the United States
Crazy Snake's War
(1909)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Oklahoma

Creek prisoners of war.

United States Creek US victory Theodore Roosevelt
(September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909)

Warren G. Harding
(March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923)

Calvin Coolidge
(August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929)

Mexican 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 May 27, 1916

United States Mexico

Supported by:

  • German Empire
US victory
  • Seditionist insurgency suppressed
  • Permanent border wall established
  • Pancho Villa's troops no longer an effective fighting force[8]
  • Mexican Constitutionalist faction leader Venustiano Carranza recognised as the sole leaders of the Mexican government by the United States
William Howard Taft
(March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913)

Woodrow Wilson
(March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921)

Little Race War
(1912)

Part of the Banana Wars

Location: Cuba

USS Mississippi in Cuba

Cuba Cuba
United States
Cuba Cuban PIC US-allied victory
  • Dissolution of the PIC
William Howard Taft
United States occupation of Nicaragua
(1912–1933)

Part of the Banana Wars

Location: Nicaragua

US Marines holding a captured Sandinista flag.

United States
Nicaragua
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaraguan Liberals
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Sandinistas
US victory
  • Change of regime in Nicaragua
  • Great Depression marks US withdrawal (1933)
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)

Herbert Hoover
(March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933)

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.

United States Ute
Paiute
US victory Woodrow Wilson
United States occupation of Veracruz
(1914)

Part of the Mexican Revolution

Location: Mexico

American ships at Veracruz

United States

Supported by:

  • United Kingdom
Mexico

Supported by:

  • German Empire
  • Kingdom of Italy
US victory
United States occupation of Haiti
(1915–1934)

Part of the Banana Wars

Location: Haiti

2nd Marine Regiment in Haiti

United States
Haiti
Haiti Haitian Rebels US-allied victory 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)

Herbert Hoover
(March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
(March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945)

United States 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 US victory 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)

World War I
(1917–1918)

Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America

US troops firing 37mm gun during an advance against German entrenched positions.

French Republic
British Empire
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Newfoundland
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Ceylon
  • India
  • South Africa

Russian Empire
Kingdom of Italy
United States
Empire of Japan
Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Greece
Belgium
Portugal
Republic of Armenia
Flag of the Idrisid Emirate of Asir (1909-1927).svg Idrisid Emirate of Asir
Flag of the Emirate of Nejd and Hasa.svg Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
Flag of Hejaz 1917.svg Kingdom of Hejaz
Republic of China (1912–1949) Republic of China
Thailand Siam
Brazil

German Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Bulgaria
US-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
Woodrow Wilson
Russian Civil War
(1918–1920)

Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran

US troops march through Russia before the Battle of Romanovka.

Russia White Movement
Czechoslovak Republic
British Empire
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • India
  • South Africa

United States
French Republic
Empire of Japan
Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Italy
Estonia

Russian SFSR
Far Eastern Republic
Latvian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
Commune of Estonia
Bolshevik victory
  • Allied withdrawal from Russia
  • Bolshevik victory over White Army
Posey War
(1923)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Utah

Ute and Paiute prisoners of war.

United States Ute
Paiute
US victory
  • Last Indian uprising
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

Six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Soviet Union
United States
British Empire
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • India
  • and others

French Republic
Republic of Poland
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Republic
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Greece
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Cuba Republic of Cuba
Haiti Republic of Haiti
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Chile
Peru
United States of Venezuela
Liberia
Kingdom of Egypt
Ethiopian Empire
Union of South Africa
Flag of Muscat.svg Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Kingdom of Nepal
Republic of China
Mongolian People's Republic
Commonwealth of the Philippines
North Vietnam Viet Minh
Korea Korean Provisional Government

Nazi Germany
Empire of Japan
Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Slovak Republic
Independent State of Croatia
Finland
Kingdom of Iraq
Thailand
Manchukuo
Mengjiang
US-allied 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
  • Beginning of the Atomic Age
  • Germany and Austria, as well as their capitals, Berlin and Vienna, respectively, divided into 4 occupation zones each, one for each of USSR, USA, UK, and France.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
(March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945)

Harry S. Truman
(April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953)

Korean War
(1950–1953)

Part of the Cold War

Location: Korea

U.S. soldier fires a 75mm recoilless rifle, near Oetlook-tong, Korea, in support of infantry units directly across the valley.

South Korea

United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Belgium
Canada
France
Philippines
Colombia
Ethiopian Empire
Kingdom of Greece
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Spanish State
Union of South Africa
Thailand
Turkey

North Korea

China
Soviet Union Supported by:

  • East Germany
  • Czechoslovak Republic
  • Hungarian People's Republic
  • Polish People's Republic
  • Socialist Republic of Romania
  • People's Republic of Bulgaria
  • Mongolian People's Republic
Inconclusive/Other Result
  • Korean Armistice Agreement
  • North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
  • Subsequent United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled
  • Subsequent Chinese-North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
Harry S. Truman
(April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953)

Dwight D. Eisenhower
(January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)

Vietnam War
(1955–1964[a], 1965–1973[b], 1974–1975[c])

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
Kingdom of Laos
Cambodia Khmer Republic
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Laos Pathet Lao
Khmer Rouge
China
Soviet Union
North Korea

Supported by:

  • East Germany
  • Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
  • Hungarian People's Republic
  • Polish People's Republic
  • Socialist Republic of Romania
  • People's Republic of Bulgaria
  • Cuba
North Vietnam-allied victory
  • Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina
  • Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam
  • Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
  • Reunification of Vietnam[9]
  • Barricaded the spread of communism around and in Vietnam.[10]
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)

John F. Kennedy
(January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963)

Lyndon B. Johnson
(November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969)

Richard Nixon
(January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974)

Gerald Ford
(August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977)

Laotian Civil War
(1959–1975)

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
Laos Pathet Lao
North Vietnam

Supported by:

  • China
  • Soviet Union
  • East Germany
  • Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
  • Socialist Republic of Romania
  • Cuba
Pathet Lao-allied victory
  • 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
Lebanon Lebanese opposition:
  • INM
  • LCP
  • PSP
US-allied victory
  • US-Lebanese occupation of the port and international airport of Beirut
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bay of Pigs Invasion
(1961)

Part of the Cold War

Location: Cuba

A4D-2 Skyhawks in flight over USS Essex during the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961.

Cuba CDRF
United States
Cuba Cuban government victory
  • United States sponsored Brigade 2506 (Cuban Exiles) defeated
John F. Kennedy
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
IAPF
  • Brazil
  • Paraguay
  • Nicaragua
  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • Honduras
Dominican Constitutionalists US-allied victory
  • Fall of the Bosch regime
  • Joaquín Balaguer elected as the new president
Lyndon B. Johnson
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 US-allied victory
  • North Korean failure to launch an insurgency in South Korea
Lyndon B. Johnson
(November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969)

Richard Nixon
(January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974)

Cambodian Civil War
(1967–1975)

Part of the Cold War

Location: Cambodia

US troops and tanks entering town in Cambodia.

Kingdom of Cambodia (1967–1970)
Khmer Republic (1970–1975)
United States
South Vietnam

Supported by:

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • France
  • Thailand
National United Front of Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rumdo
Khmer Việt Minh
North Vietnam
Việt Cộng

Supported by:

  • China
  • Soviet Union
  • North Korea
  • Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
  • Socialist Republic of Romania
  • Cuba
Khmer Rouge-allied victory
  • Fall of the Kingdom of Cambodia
  • Creation but eventual collapse of the Khmer Republic
  • Creation of the Democratic Kampuchea
  • Beginning of the Cambodian genocide
Lyndon B. Johnson
(November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969)

Richard Nixon
(January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974)

Gerald Ford
(August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977)

Multinational intervention in Lebanon
(1982–1984)

Location: Lebanon

US Marines of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit come ashore to assume the management of the port of Beirut.

Lebanese Armed Forces
UNIFIL
Multinational Force in Lebanon:
  • United States
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Italy

Israel

Lebanese Front
Army of Free Lebanon
SLA

Lebanese National Movement
Jammoul
PLO
Amal Movement

Iran
  • Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Hezbollah
Islamic Jihad Organization


Islamic Unification Movement


Syria

Arab Deterrent Force
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Libya
  • South Yemen
Syrian-allied victory
  • Multinational forces fail to prevent collapse of Lebanese Army into Syrian- or Israeli- supported militias[11] [12]
  • 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
  • Humanitarian crisis in Southern Lebanon
  • Civil war continues until 1990
  • President Hafez al-Assad continues his occupation of Lebanon until his son and later president Bashar al-Assad orders a withdrawal from the country
Jimmy Carter
(January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981)

Ronald Reagan
(January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)

United States invasion of Grenada
(1983)

Part of the Cold War

Location: Grenada

American soldiers in artillery positions at Grenada.

United States
Barbados
Jamaica
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada PRG of Grenada
Cuba
Military advisors:

List

  • Soviet Union
  • Bulgaria
  • East Germany
  • Libya Libya
US-allied victory
  • Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed
  • Defeat of Cuban military presence
  • Restoration of constitutional government
Ronald Reagan
Bombing of Libya
(1986)

Location: Libya

USAF F-111 taking off for Libya

United States Libya Libya US victory
  • Failed Libyan Scud missile response
  • Muammar Gaddafi survives
Tanker War
(1987–1988)

Location: Persian Gulf

Iranian frigate Sahand after being attacked by U.S. aircraft.

United States Iran US victory
  • U.S. Navy sinks several ships and damages Iranian military installations used to attack U.S. and U.S. allied civilian shipping
  • U.S. Navy vessel USS Vincennes shoots down civilian Iran Air Flight 655 killing all 290 passengers, among them 66 children
  • Iran–Iraq War ends in August 1988 following UN enforcement of the ceasefire
United States 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 US-allied victory
  • Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed
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.

Kuwait
United States
United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
France
Canada
Egypt
Syria
Qatar
Bahrain
United Arab Emirates
Oman
Iraq US-allied 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 US-allied victory
  • Periodic depletion of Iraqi air defenses
George H. W. Bush
(January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)

Bill Clinton
(January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)

George W. Bush
(January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)

First U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War
(1992–1995)

Part of the Somali civil war (1991–present)

Location: Somalia

U.S. 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
Somalia Somali National Alliance Somali victory / US-allied defeat
  • Failure to capture SNA leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid; specific Aidid lieutenants captured
  • Withdrawal of U.S. forces 5 months after losses in the Battle of Mogadishu
  • The UN mandate saved close to 100,000 lives, before and after U.S. withdrawal
  • Civil war is ongoing
George H. W. Bush
(January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)

Bill Clinton
(January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)

Bosnian War and Croatian War
(1992–1995)

Part of the Yugoslav Wars

Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia

A U.S. Army M-113 Armor Personnel Carrier prepares to pull an armored Humvee out of the mud in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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
Serbian Krajina
Western Bosnia
Inconclusive/Other Result
  • Military stalemate
  • Dayton Accords
  • Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Over 101,000 dead, 65,000 Bosniaks, 28,000 Serbs, 8,000 Croats[ citation needed ]
  • 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

U.S. Marine guarding an area in Haiti.

United States
Poland
Argentina
Haiti US-allied victory
  • Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president of Haiti
Bill Clinton
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)

Part of the Yugoslav Wars

Location: Serbia

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle takes off for an air strike mission.

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
FR Yugoslavia US-allied victory [13] [14] [15] [16]
  • Ceasefire reached through Kumanovo Agreement of June 1999. after Russian and Finnish envoys visit Belgrade
  • Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo
  • UN Resolution 1244 confirming Kosovo as de jure part of FRY
  • De facto separation of Kosovo from FR Yugoslavia under UN administration
  • Return of Albanian refugees after attempted ethnic cleansing of Albanians
  • KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the PreÅ¡evo insurgency
  • Around 200,000 Serbs, Romani, and other non-Albanians fleeing Kosovo and many of the remaining civilians becoming victims of abuse
  • Three Chinese journalists were killed in United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
  1. ^ Advisory role from the forming of the MAAG in Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
  2. ^ 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 .
  3. ^ 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
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.

Resolute Support Mission
Afghanistan
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Georgia
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
Turkey
Formerly:
ISAF
Taliban
  • Haqqani network

Allied groups
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
al-Qaeda
Islamic Jihad Union[17]

  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

Taliban splinter groups

  • Fidai Mahaz

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant IS-Affiliates:

  • Islamic State – Khorasan Province

2001 Invasion:
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

  • Talibani Army
  • Salafist extremists
  • 055 Brigade
Taliban victory / US-allied defeat
  • United States invasion of Afghanistan (2001)
    • Destruction of al-Qaeda and Taliban militant training camps (2001)
    • Fall of the Taliban government (2001) and Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Start of Taliban insurgency
    • Osama bin Laden killed by DEVGRU operators in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011
    • "Afghanization" of Afghan conflict. Withdrawal of most US troops by 2014
    • End of Operation Enduring Freedom; start of 2015 phase of war, and Operation Freedom's Sentinel. End of US and ISAF led combat mission; beginning of NATO-led training and assistance mission.
    • Doha Agreement and progressive withdrawal of remaining US troops after 2020[18]
  • Renewed Taliban offensive in 2021
    • Taliban forces capture Kabul on August 15, 2021, and overthrow the U.S.-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
    • Re-establishment of the Taliban-run Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
    • Panjshir Province held out against the Taliban for 3 weeks after Kabul was conquered but ended up also being conquered by the Taliban
  • On 30 August 2021 the last American military plane departed Afghanistan.[19] [20]
  • Billions of dollars of American military hardware left in Afghanistan within the reach of the Taliban[21]
George W. Bush
(October 7, 2001 – January 20, 2009)

Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)

Donald Trump
(January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021)

Joe Biden
(January 20, 2021 – Incumbent)

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

MQ-1 Predator commonly used in drone strikes in Yemen.

United States
  • CIA
  • USAF

Saudi-led coalition:
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
Kuwait
Qatar
Jordan
Morocco
Sudan
Senegal
Supported by:

  • United States
  • United Kingdom

In support of:
Yemen Cabinet of Yemen

  • Yemen Armed Forces (pro-Hadi)
  • Yemeni Air Force
  • Popular Resistance
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Ansar al-Sharia

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province


Yemen Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council

  • Houthi movement
  • Yemen Armed Forces
  • Yemeni Republican Guard
Ongoing
  • 329 drone strikes confirmed[22]
  • 57 al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders confirmed killed[23]
  • Numerous al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula bases destroyed
  • Most recent drone strike against al-Qaeda launched in November 2021[24]

  • Saudi-led coalition forces intervene in Yemen in 2015 to restore the internationally recognized Yemen government led by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
  • United States support the Saudi Arabian-led intervention primarily through arms sales and technical assistance[25]
George W. Bush
(October 7, 2001 – January 20, 2009)

Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)

Donald Trump
(January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021)

Joe Biden
(January 20, 2021 – Incumbent)

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)

United States
Iraq
United Kingdom
MNF–I

List

  • Australia
  • Romania
  • Azerbaijan
  • Jordan
  • UAE
  • Kuwait
  • Estonia
  • El Salvador
  • Bulgaria
  • Moldova
  • Albania
  • Ukraine
  • Denmark
  • Czech Republic
  • South Korea
  • Singapore
  • Croatia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • North Macedonia
  • Latvia
  • Poland
  • Kazakhstan
  • Mongolia
  • Georgia
  • Tonga
  • Japan
  • Armenia
  • Slovakia
  • Lithuania
  • Italy
  • Norway
  • Hungary
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • New Zealand
  • Thailand
  • Philippines
  • Honduras
  • Dominican Republic
  • Spain
  • Nicaragua
  • Iceland
  • Costa Rica

Invasion phase (2003)
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland
Iraqi Kurdistan Supported by:

  • Netherlands
  • Italy
  • Spain
Post-invasion (2003–2011)

Ba'ath Loyalists

  • Logo of the Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation.png Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation
  • Naqshbandi Army

Sunni insurgents

  • al-Qaeda in Iraq
  • Islamic State of Iraq
  • Flag of Jama'at Ansar al-Sunnah.svg Ansar al-Sunnah
  • Logo of the Islamic Army In Iraq.svg Islamic Army of Iraq

Shia insurgents

  • Mahdi Army
  • Shiism arabic blue.svg Special Groups
  • Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq

Invasion phase (2003)
Iraq Iraq


Ansar al-Islam

Inconclusive/Other Result
  • Invasion and occupation of Iraq
  • Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government
  • Execution of Saddam Hussein
  • Emergence of significant insurgency, rise of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and severe sectarian violence[26]
  • Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq[27] [28]
  • Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia-led government
  • U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
  • Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011
  • Stronger Iranian influence in Iraq[29] [ dubious ] [30] [31] [32]
  • 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[33] [34]
  • Iraqi Civil War (2013–2017)
  • Return of US forces to Iraq in 2014
George W. Bush
(January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)

Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)

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.

Pakistan

United States

  • USAF
  • CIA

Supported by:

  • United Kingdom
Taliban
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Haqqani network
al-Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Foreign Mujahideen
Uzbek Islamic Movement
Turkistan Islamic Party
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province

US-allied victory
  • 430 drone strikes confirmed[35]
  • 81 high-level insurgent leaders and thousands of low-level insurgents killed[36]
  • Deaths of Hafiz Saeed Khan, the leader (emir) of ISIS-K, Afghan Taliban head Akhtar Mansour, and successive TPP heads Baitullah Mehsud and Hakimullah Mehsud
  • Destruction of numerous insurgent camps and safe havens
  • Large number of insurgents killed while some fled to Afghanistan[37]
  • Most recent drone strike launched in January 2018[38]
George W. Bush
(January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)

Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)

Donald Trump
(January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021)

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

U.S. Marines establish security positions at Baledogle Military Airfield in Somalia, December, 2020.

Somalia
United States
  • U.S. Army
  • U.S. Marine Corps
  • U.S. Air Force
  • U.S. Navy
  • U.S. Africa Command
  • U.S. Special Operations Command

AMISOM

  • Burundi
  • Djibouti
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
  • Uganda

Supported by:

  • Italy
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom

Non-combat support:

  • European Union[39]

United Nations

  • UNSOM[40]
  • UNSOS[40]
  • UNGU[40]
al-Shabaab
Mujahideen

Hizbul Islam


Islamic State in Somalia
Alleged support:

  • Eritrea
Ongoing
  • Hundreds of drone strikes targeting the terrorist group al-Shabaab
  • Raids against al-Shabaab militants conducted by U.S. Special Operations Forces
  • African Union Intervention
  • U.S. backed Ethiopian invasion in 2006
  • Kenyan intervention
  • Newly formed federal government established in 2012
  • Power struggle within al-Shabaab
  • Majority of US Troops withdraw in January 2021
  • US airstrikes against al-Shabaab in 2022[41]
  • Redeployment of US troops in Somalia in 2022[42] [43]
George W. Bush
(January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)

Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)

Donald Trump
(January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021)

Joe Biden
(January 20, 2021 – Incumbent)

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 USSFarragut in March 2010.

NATO

  • United States
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom

Australia
China
Colombia
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
New Zealand
Oman
Pakistan
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Singapore
Somalia
South Korea
Ukraine

Somali pirates US-allied victory
  • Number of pirate attacks dramatically decreased
  • 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[ citation needed ]
  • Piracy drops 90%[44]
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

U.S. vessels launch missiles in support of Anti-Gaddafi rebels during the First Libyan Civil War.

NATO

  • United States
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Romania
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom

Sweden
Jordan
Qatar
United Arab Emirates


Anti-Gaddafi rebels

Libya US-allied victory
  • Overthrow of the Gaddafi government and the killing 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 second civil war in 2014[45]
Operation Observant Compass
(2011–2017)

Part of the War on terror and the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

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 US-allied victory
  • Founder and leader of the LRA Joseph Kony goes into hiding
  • Senior LRA commander Dominic Ongwen surrenders to American forces in the Central African Republic and is tried at the Hague[7][8]
  • Majority of LRA installations and encampments located in South Sudan and Uganda abandoned and dismantled
  • Small scale LRA activity continues in eastern DR Congo, and the Central African Republic
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.

United States
Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan

CJTF-OIR Members:
Australia
New Zealand
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Jordan
Morocco
Netherlands
Turkey
United Kingdom

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
White Flags
US-allied Coalition and Iraqi victory
  • Tens of thousands of ISIL fighters killed
  • American-led forces launch over 13,300 airstrikes on ISIL positions in Iraq
  • Heavy damage dealt to ISIL forces, ISIL loses 40% of its territory in Iraq by January 2016
  • Iraq declares military victory against ISIL on 9 December 2017[46]
  • Low-intensity ISIL insurgency following December 2017
  • Multinational humanitarian and arming of ground forces efforts
  • 200 ISIL created mass graves found containing up to 12,000 people[47]
  • Ongoing US-led Coalition advising and training of Iraqi and Kurdish ground forces
  • U.S. maintains limited military presence, approximately 2,500 U.S. military personnel remain in Iraq as of December 2021, providing assistance, advice and training to Iraqi forces[48]
  • U.S. forces have ended combat mission in Iraq in December 2021[49] [50]
Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)

Donald Trump
(January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021)

Joe Biden
(January 20, 2021 – Incumbent)

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.

United States United States
Syrian opposition Revolutionary Commando Army
  • Syrian opposition Authenticity and Development Front
  • Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Syrian Democratic Forces

  • International Freedom Battalion
  • People's Protection Units
  • Women's Protection Units
  • Al-Sanadid Forces
  • Euphrates Volcano

CJTF-OIR Members:
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Romania
United Kingdom
Lebanon
Morocco
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
Supported by:

  • Iraq
  • Kurdistan Regional Government

Turkey

  • Syrian opposition Turkish-backed rebels

Israel (limited involvement; against Hezbollah and government forces only)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria


al-Qaeda linked groups:

  • al-Nusra Front
  • Khorasan group
  • Tahrir al-Sham
  • Jaysh al-Sunna
  • Flag of Jund al-Aqsa.svg Jund al-Aqsa
  • WaHaridFlag.png Rouse the Believers
  • Guardians Of Religion INFOBOX flag.png Guardians of Religion Organization

Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria


Ahrar al-Sham


Syria (limited encounters with US and Israel)
Supported by:

  • Russia
  • Iran
  • Kata'ib Hezbollah
Ongoing
  • Over 11,200 American and allied airstrikes hit ISIS and other extremist groups within Syria
  • Thousands of ISIS targets destroyed and thousands more militants captured or killed
  • ISIL lose Mosul and Raqqa (2017), then other most of territory in Iraq and then Syria
  • Syrian government Chemical attack in Ghouta (2013) leading to OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria
  • American support for anti-government rebels
  • Deployment of U.S. Marines and Special Forces
  • Massive amounts of human rights violations and war crimes, in particular by Syrian government forces
  • Semi-regular chemical attacks attributed to the Assad regime leads to condemnation and threats of measures to enforce the chemical weapons convention and the Geneva protocol to which Syria is a party. Chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun results in a retaliatory naval strike on the Syrian government-controlled Shayrat Airbase, Douma chemical attack results in retaliatory strikes/
  • Various confrontations and airstrikes
  • ISIS detainee crisis takes hold in northern Syria[51]
  • Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on October 27, 2019
  • Approximately 900 U.S. troops remain in Syria to combat ISIS as of July 2021 [52]
  • Death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi on February 3, 2022
Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)

Donald Trump
(January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021)

Joe Biden
(January 20, 2021 – Incumbent)

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

USSWasp conducts flight operations in Operation Odyssey Lightning.

United States
  • U.S. Air Force
  • U.S. Marine Corps
  • U.S. Special Forces

United Kingdom
Libya

Islamic State in Libya

al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

ISIS in Libya largely defeated
  • Liberation of Sirte
  • Hundreds of airstrikes carried out in Libya against Islamic State affiliated militant groups
  • ISIS presence in Libya severely diminished; airstrikes cease in 2019
  • Second Libyan Civil War continues until a permanent ceasefire was ratified on October 23, 2020
Barack Obama
(January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)

Donald Trump
(January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021)

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

  1. ^ These numbers are gathered from a combination of surviving muster rolls and veteran applications for land grants. It is likely that the statistics on the Texan army size in both 1835 and 1836 underestimate the number of Tejanos who served in the army. American volunteers who returned to the U.S. without claiming land are also undercounted. Lack (1992), p. 113.

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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 [ 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

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