“Since 1979, do you know how many times China has been at war with anybody?” Carter asked. “None. And we have stayed at war.” The U.S., he noted, has only enjoyed 16 years of peace in its 242-year history, making the country “the most warlike nation in the history of the world,” Carter said. This is, he said, because of America’s tendency to force other nations to “adopt our American principles.”

List of wars involving the United States

18th-century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and its Allies
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)Location: Eastern North America, Southern North America, Gibraltar, India, Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic The Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776	United States  France  Canadian Auxiliaries  Spanish Empire  Iroquois  Oneida  Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba  Lenape  Choctaw  Dutch Republic  Mysore	Great Britain  Loyalists  German Auxiliaries  Iroquois  Onondaga Mohawk  Cayuga  Seneca  Cherokee	US-allied victory Treaty of Paris (1783) Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America
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
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 show List  Great Britain  British North America	US-allied victory Treaty of Greenville (1795) American occupation of the Northwest Territory
Quasi-War (1798–1800)Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean USS Constellation vs. L’Insurgente	United StatesCo-belligerent:  Great Britain	France  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

19th-century wars[edit]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and its Allies
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]  Sicily[2]  Malta[2]  Portugal[2]  Morocco[2]	Tripolitania[3]  Morocco[3]	US-allied victory
Tecumseh’s War (1811)Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Northwest River Ohio The Battle of Tippecanoe	United States	Tecumseh’s Confederacy show List	US victory
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 North America The Canadas Tecumseh’s Confederacy show List  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	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  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
Arikara War (1823)Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Missouri River An Arikara warrior	United StatesSioux	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
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)
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
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)
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
Apache Wars (1851–1900)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
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.
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]
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
Yakima War (1855–1858)Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington Territory Seattleites evacuate to the town blockhouse as USS Decatur opens fire on advancing tribal forces.	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	British Empire  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
Navajo Wars (1858–1866)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
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  Confederate States  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 Kurz & Allison.	United States	Confederate States  Cherokee Nation  Choctaw Nation  Chickasaw Nation  Muskogee Nation  Seminole Nation  Comanche Nation	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.
Yavapai Wars (1861–1875)Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona	United States	Yavapai Apache Yuma Mohave	US victory
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
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
Powder River War (1865)Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State	United States	Sioux  Cheyenne  Arapaho	Inconclusive
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)
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
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
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 (1879–1881)Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Mexico	United States  Mexico	Apache	US-allied victory
White River War (1879–1880)Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado	United States	Ute	US victory
Pine Ridge Campaign (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
Garza Revolution (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	Yaqui Pima Opata	US-allied victory
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  Germany	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
Spanish–American War (1898)Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam Teddy Roosevelt and the “Rough Riders” charge Spanish positions during the Battle of San Juan Hill.	United States  Cuban Revolutionaries  Filipino Revolutionaries	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 Kurz & Allison print of the Battle of Quingua.	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  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
Moro Rebellion (1899–1913)Location: Philippines The 8th Infantry Regiment defeat the Moros in the four-day battle of Bagsak Mountain on Jolo Island in the Philippines.	United States	Moro  Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate	US victory
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)Location: China Corporal Titus, of the 14th Infantry Regiment, scaling the walls of Peking.	United Kingdom  Russia  Japan  France  United States  Germany  Italy  Austria-Hungary	Righteous Harmony Society (Boxers)  China	US-allied victory Signing of the Boxer Protocol Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing

20th-century wars[edit]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and its Allies
Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909)Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma Creek prisoners of war.	United States	Creek	US victory
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  Germany	US victory Seditionist insurgency suppressed Permanent border wall established Pancho Villa’s troops no longer an effective fighting force[6] Mexican Constitutionalist faction leader Venustiano Carranza recognised as the sole leaders of the Mexican government by the United States
Negro Rebellion (1912)Part of the Banana Wars Location: Cuba USS Mississippi in Cuba	Cuba  United States	Cuban PIC	US-allied victory Dissolution of the PIC
Occupation of Nicaragua (1912–1933)Part of the Banana Wars Location: Nicaragua US Marines holding a captured Sandinista flag.	United States  Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Liberals  Sandinistas	US-allied victory Nicaragua occupied until 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
Occupation of Veracruz (1914)Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico American ships at Veracruz	United States	Mexico	US victory
Occupation of Haiti (1915–1934)Part of the Banana Wars Location: Haiti 2nd Marine Regiment in Haiti	United States  Haiti	Haitian Rebels	US-allied victory
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
World War I (1917–1918)Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America Two US troops pass by dead German soldiers on a battlefield.	France  British Empire  United Kingdom  Canada  Newfoundland  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Russia  United States  China  Italy  Japan  Serbia  Montenegro  Romania  Belgium  Greece  Portugal  Brazil	Germany  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  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
Russian Civil War (1918–1920)Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran US troops march through Russia before the Battle of Romanovka.	White Movement  British Empire  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  India  South Africa  United States  France  Japan  Czechoslovakia  Greece  Poland  Romania  Serbia  Italy  China	Russian SFSR  Far Eastern Republic  Latvian SSR  Ukrainian SSR  Commune of Estonia  Mongolian Communists	Bolshevik victory Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army
Last Indian Uprising (1923)Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Utah Ute and Paiute prisoners of war.	United States	Ute Paiute	US victory
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 U.S. Army Soldiers advancing at dawn in the cover of a M4 Sherman tank, during the Battle of Bougainville, 1944.	Soviet Union  United States  United Kingdom  China  France  Poland  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Yugoslavia  Greece  Denmark  Norway  Netherlands  Belgium  Luxembourg  Czechoslovakia  Brazil  Mexico  Chile  Peru  Ethiopia  Mongolia  Philippines  Viet Minh  KLA	Germany  Japan  Italy  Hungary  Romania  Bulgaria  Slovakia  Croatia  Albania  Finland  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
Operation Beleaguer (1945-1949)Location: Hopeh and Shantung Provinces, China Marines in Tsingtao during Operation Beleaguer.	United States	Communist Party of China	US Victory Occupation of Hopeh and Shantung provinces Japanese and Koreans repatriated American and other foreign nationals evacuated
Korean War (1950–1953)Part of the Cold War Location: Korea American soldiers in the Korean War with the Browning M1919A6 LMG.	South Korea  United States  United Kingdom  Australia  Belgium  Canada  France  Philippines  Colombia  Ethiopia  Greece  Luxembourg  Netherlands  New Zealand  Spain  South Africa  Thailand  Turkey	North Korea  China  Soviet Union	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
Lebanon Crisis (1958)Location: Lebanon US Marine sits in a foxhole and points his machine gun toward Beirut.	Lebanon  United States	Lebanese Opposition:  INM  LCP  PSP	US-allied victory US-Lebanese occupation of the port and international airport of Beirut
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  Laos  Khmer Republic	North Vietnam  Viet Cong  Pathet Lao  Khmer Rouge  China  Soviet Union  North Korea	North Vietnamese-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[7]
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
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
Multinational Intervention in Lebanon (1982–1984)Location: Lebanon US Marines on patrol in Beirut, April 1983	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  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[8][9] 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
Invasion of Grenada (1983)Part of the Cold War Location: Grenada American soldiers in mortar positions in Grenada.	United States  Barbados  Jamaica  Antigua and Barbuda  Dominica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	PRG of Grenada  Cuba Military advisors: show List	US-allied victory Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed Defeat of Cuban military presence Restoration of constitutional government
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
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
First U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1992–1995)Part of the Somali civil war (1991–present) Location: Somalia US 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	Somali National Alliance	Inconclusive/Other Result 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
Bosnian War (1992–1995)Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Russian and American troops on a joint patrol around the Bosnian town of Zvornik on the afternoon of February 29, 1996.	Bosnia and Herzegovina  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	US-allied victory 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 US troops arrive in Haiti.	United States  Poland  Argentina	Haiti	US-allied victory Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president of Haiti
Kosovo War (1998–1999)Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Serbia Bombing of Novi Sad.	KLA  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[10][11][12][13] 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 Preševo 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[edit]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and its Allies
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)Part of the War on Terror and the War in Afghanistan (1978–present) Location: Afghanistan American and British soldiers take a tactical pause during a combat patrol in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province.	Resolute Support Mission  Afghanistan  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia  New Zealand  Croatia  Czech Republic  Denmark  Georgia  Germany  Italy  Romania  Spain  Turkey Formerly:  ISAF	Taliban Haqqani network Allied groups  HIG  al-Qaeda  Islamic Jihad Union[14] IMU Taliban splinter groups Fidai Mahaz  IS-Affiliates: Wilayat Khorasan (ISIL-K) 2001 Invasion:  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Talibani Army Salafist extremists 055 Brigade	Ongoing United States invasion of Afghanistan (2001) List of drone strikes in Afghanistan (2001) Destruction of al-Qaeda and Taliban militant training camps (2001) Fall of the Taliban government (2001) Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Drone strikes in Pakistan Death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011 Death of Mohammed Omar in July 2013 Over two-thirds of Al-Qaeda’s operatives killed or captured International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) disbanded in December 2014 Commencement of Resolute Support Mission in December 2014 All US troops to withdraw by September 11, 2021
Iraq War (2003–2011)Part of the War on Terror Location: Iraq Soldiers from 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment conduct security before a cordon and search operation in Biaj, Iraq with their M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank.	United States  Iraq  United Kingdom  Australia  South Korea  Denmark  Italy  Georgia  Poland  Spain  Netherlands  Ukraine  Romania  MNF–I	Ba’ath Loyalists  Islamic State of Iraq  al-Qaeda in Iraq  Mahdi Army  Special Groups  IAI  Ansar al-Sunnah 2003 Invasion:  Iraq	Inconclusive/other result[15] 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[16] Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq[17][18] 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[19][dubious – discuss][20][21][22] 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[23][24] Iraqi Civil War (2013–2017) Return of US forces to Iraq in 2014
Second U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (2007–2021)Part of the Somali Civil War (1991–present) and the War on Terror Location: Somalia and Northeastern Kenya MQ-9 Reaper commonly used in covert drone strikes in Somalia.	Somalia  United States  United Kingdom  Kenya  Ethiopia  AMISOM  United Nations UNSOM[25] UNSOS[25] UNGU[25]  European Union[26]	Al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam  Daesh Alleged support:  Eritrea	Inconclusive/Other Result Drone strikes in Somalia 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
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016)Part of the War on Terror Location: Indian Ocean A tall plume of black smoke rises from a destroyed pirate vessel that was struck by USS Farragut in March 2010.	NATO  United States  Malaysia  Norway  United Kingdom  New Zealand  Denmark  Netherlands  Italy  South Korea  India  Russia  China	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%[27]
International intervention in Libya (2011)Part of the Libyan Crisis and the First Libyan Civil War Location: Libya US vessels launch missiles in support of the First Libyan Civil War.	NATO  United States  United Kingdom  Belgium  Bulgaria  Canada  Denmark  France  Greece  Italy  Netherlands  Norway  Romania  Spain  Turkey  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[28]
Operation Observant Compass (2011–2017)Part of the War on Terror 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	Ongoing 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–present)Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Iraqi Civil War, the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, the War on Terror and the International ISIS campaign Location: Iraq General Stephen J. Townsend observes a HIMARS strike that destroyed a building near Haditha, September 2016	United States  Iraq  Iraqi Kurdistan  Australia  New Zealand  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Jordan  Morocco  Netherlands  United Kingdom  Turkey  Iran  Hezbollah	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria	Ongoing 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, and all of its territory in Iraq in December 2017 Multinational humanitarian and arming of ground forces efforts 200 ISIL created mass graves found containing up to 12,000 people[29] Ongoing US-led Coalition advising and training of Iraqi and Kurdish ground forces US maintains limited military presence in Iraq
American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present)Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian Civil War, the War on Terror and the International ISIS campaign Location: Syria USS Ross fires Tomahawk missiles towards Shayrat Military Base, during the 2017 retaliatory strike against the Syrian government.	United States  Syrian Democratic Forces  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria  IFB  People’s Protection Units  Women’s Protection Units  CJTF-OIR Members:  United Kingdom  France  Australia  New Zealand  Canada  Jordan  Denmark  Netherlands  Belgium  Lebanon  Morocco  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Bahrain  Turkey  Turkish-backed rebels  Israel (limited involvement; against Hezbollah and government forces only) Formerly:  Free Syrian Army (2011–2017)  Islamic State of Iraq and Syria  al-Qaeda linked groups:  al-Nusra Front  Khorasan group  Tahrir al-Sham  Jaysh al-Sunna  Jund al-Aqsa  Ahrar al-Sham	Syria (limited encounters with US and Israel) Supported by:  Russia  Iran  Hezbollah	Syria-allied victory 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, including a downing of a Syrian SU-17 between the United States and Syrian government and the shoot down of a Turkish F-4 by the Syrian government Multiple incidents between Israel and Syria, including several Syrian S-200 missiles launched toward Israeli fighter jets during an Israeli Air Force mission inside Syrian territory, and an Israeli F-16 shot down by Syrian Air Defense forces after retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets near Damascus after a Syrian drone crossed into Israeli airspace ISIS detainee crisis takes hold in northern Syria[30] Civilian deaths due to Coalition airstrikes in Syria and Iraq: over 1,300 according to Coalition, 8,267–13,168 according to independent estimates.[31]
American intervention in Libya (2015–2020)Part of the Second Libyan Civil War, the War on Terror, and the International ISIS Campaign Location: Libya USS Wasp conducts flight operations in Operation Odyssey Lightning.	United States  Libya	Islamic State in Libya	US-allied Victory Liberation of Sirte Hundreds of airstrikes carried out in Libya against Islamic State affiliated militant groups

See also[edit]

• Military history
• Timeline of United States military operations
• United States involvement in regime change
• List of ongoing armed conflicts

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