List of wars involving the United States
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This is a list of wars and military campaigns in chronological order, that involved the United States during and since the American Revolutionary War.
Dates indicate the years in which the United States was involved in the war.
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[edit] 18th Century
- American Revolutionary War, 1775 – 1783
- Boston campaign, 1775 - 1776
- Canadian Theatre, 1775 - 1776
- New York and New Jersey campaign, 1776 - 1777
- Saratoga Campaign, 1777
- Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 - 1778
- Western Theatre, 1775 - 1782
- Northern Theater, 1778 - 1781
- Southern Theatre, 1775 - 1782
- Northwest Indian War, 1785 - 1795
- Quasi-War, France, 1798 – 1800
[edit] 19th Century
- First Barbary War, 1801 – 1805
- Sabine Expedition, 1806
- War of 1812, 1812 – 1815
- Tecumseh's Rebellion, 1811 - 1813
- Lake Champlain Campaign, 1812 - 1814
- Niagara Campaign, 1812 - 1814
- Detroit Campaign, 1812 - 1814
- Chesapeake Campaign, 1813 - 1814
- Creek War, 1813 - 1814
- Peoria War, 1813
- Southern Campaign,
- Second Barbary War, 1815
- First Seminole War, 1817 - 1818
- Winnebago War, 1827
- Black Hawk War, 1832
- Second Seminole War, 1835 - 1842
- Mexican-American War, 1846 – 1848
- Cayuse War, 1847 - 1855
- Third Seminole War, 1855 - 1858
- American Civil War, 1861 – 1865
- Union blockade, 1861 - 1865
- Eastern Theater, 1861 - 1865
- Western Theater, 1861 - 1865
- Lower Seaboard Theater, 1861 - 1865
- Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1861 - 1865
- Dakota Conflict, 1862
- Pacific Coast Theater, 1863
- Colorado War, 1863 - 1865
- Red Cloud's War, 1866 - 1868
- Korean Expedition, 1871
- Modoc War, 1872 - 1873
- Red River War, 1874 - 1875
- Black Hills War, 1876 - 1877
- Nez Perce War, 1877
- Bannock War, 1878
- Cheyenne War, 1878 - 1879
- Sheepeater Indian War, 1879
- Spanish-American War, 1898
- Philippine Insurrection, 1899 - 1902
[edit] 20th Century
- Boxer Rebellion, 1900 - 1902
- Mexican Expedition, 1916 - 1917
- World War I, 1917 – 1918
- European Theatre, 1917 - 1918
- First Battle of the Atlantic, 1917 - 1918
- Polar Bear Expedition, 1918 - 1919
- American Expeditionary Force Siberia, Soviet Union, 1918 - 1920
- World War II, 1941 – 1945
- Second Battle of the Atlantic, 1941 - 1945
- Pacific War, 1941 - 1945
- African Theatre, 1942 - 1943
- European Theatre, 1944 - 1945
- Cold War, 1947 - 1990 with the following hot wars and campaigns:
- Korean Conflict, 1950 - 1953
- Operation PBFORTUNE, Guatemala, 1952
- Operation Ajax, 1953
- Operation PBSUCCESS, Guatemala, 1954
- Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba, 1961
- Vietnam War, 1962 - 1973
- Laotian Civil War, 1962 - 1973
- Cambodian Civil War, 1969 - 1970
- Operation Powerpack, Dominican Republic, 1965 - 1966
- Operation Urgent Fury, Invasion of Grenada, 1983
- Operation Blue Bat, Lebanon, 1958
- Operation Eagle Claw, Iran hostage crisis, 1980
- First Gulf of Sidra Incident, Libya, 1981
- Operation El Dorado Canyon, Libya, 1986
- Iran-Iraq War, 1987 - 1989
- Operation Just Cause, Panama 1989 - 1990
- Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, Libya, 1989
- Persian Gulf War, Iraq, 1991
- Operation Desert Shield, 1991
- Operation Desert Storm, 1991
- Somali Civil War, 1992 - 1994
- Operation Provide Relief, 1992
- Operation Restore Hope, 1992 - 1994
- Yugoslav wars, 1994 - 1999
- Bosnian Conflict, 1994 - 1995
- Kosovo Conflict, 1997 - 1999
[edit] 21st Century
- War on Terrorism, 2001 - present
- Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan 2001 - present
- Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines 2002 - present
- Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa 2002 - present
- Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 - present
- Waziristan War, 2004 - present
- War in Somalia, 2006 - present
- Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara 2007 - present
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| International | World War I · World War II · Korean War · Vietnam War · Gulf War · Somali Civil War · Bosnian War · Kosovo War · War in Afghanistan · Iraq War |
| External | Indian Wars · Quasi-War · First Barbary War · War of 1812 · Second Barbary War · Mexican-American War · Spanish-American War · Philippine-American War · Banana Wars · Invasion of Grenada · Invasion of Panama |
| Internal | Revolutionary War · Shays' Rebellion · Whiskey Rebellion · Seminole Wars · Toledo War · Mormon War · Honey War · Bleeding Kansas · Utah War · Civil War · Brooks-Baxter War · Battle of Blair Mountain · Battle of Athens |
| Related articles | List of conflicts in USA · List of wars involving USA · List of US military history events · Overseas expansion of the United States |
