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	\| '''Victory'''		\| '''Victory'''
	* ]		* ]
	* American military is ordered to withdraw from Mexican territory after the defeat in the ]		* American military is ordered to withdraw from Mexican territory after the defeat in the ]
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	\| {{Flag\|South Korea\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|United Nations\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|United States\|1912\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|United Kingdom\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Canada\|1921\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Turkey\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Australia\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flagicon\|Ethiopian Empire\|size=25px}} ]<br/>{{Flag\|Philippines\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|New Zealand\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Thailand\|size=25px}}<br/>] ]<br/>{{Flag\|France\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Colombia\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Belgium\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|South Africa\|1928\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Netherlands\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Luxembourg\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Spain\|size=25px}}		\| {{Flag\|South Korea\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|United Nations\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|United States\|1912\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|United Kingdom\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Canada\|1921\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Turkey\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Australia\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flagicon\|Ethiopian Empire\|size=25px}} ]<br/>{{Flag\|Philippines\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|New Zealand\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Thailand\|size=25px}}<br/>] ]<br/>{{Flag\|France\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Colombia\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Belgium\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|South Africa\|1928\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Netherlands\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Luxembourg\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Spain\|size=25px}}
	\| {{Flag\|North Korea\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|China\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Soviet Union\|size=25px}}		\| {{Flag\|North Korea\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|China\|size=25px}}<br/>{{Flag\|Soviet Union\|size=25px}}
	\| '''~~Indecisive~~'''		\| '''Ceasefire'''
	* ] armistice		* ] armistice
	* North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled		* North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
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	* ] established, little territorial change at the ] border.		* ] established, little territorial change at the ] border.
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]<br/>(~~1953~~–~~1975~~)<br>''Part of the ] and ]''		\| ]<br/>(1955–1973)<br>''Part of the ] and ]''
	\| {{flagicon\|Laos\|1952}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|South Vietnam}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|Thailand}} ]<br>{{flag\|United States\|1912}}
	\| {{flagicon \|Laos}} ]<br />{{flagicon \|North Vietnam}} ]<br />'''Support by:'''<br />{{flagicon\|USSR}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|China}} ]
	\| '''Defeat'''
	* Pathet Lao victory and the establishment of the ].
	\|-
	\| ]<br/>(1955–1975)<br>''Part of the ] and ]''
	\| {{flag\|South Vietnam\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|United States\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|South Korea\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|Australia\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|New Zealand\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|Thailand\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flagicon\|Cambodia\|1970\|size=25px}} ]<br/>] ]		\| {{flag\|South Vietnam\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|United States\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|South Korea\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|Australia\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|New Zealand\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flag\|Thailand\|size=25px}}<br/>{{flagicon\|Cambodia\|1970\|size=25px}} ]<br/>] ]
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	\| {{Flag\|Philippines\|1936}}<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/><br />		\| {{Flag\|Philippines\|1936}}<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/><br />
	{{Flag\|Taiwan}}<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM">{{cite web\|url=http://www.psywarrior.com/AlliesRepublicVietnam.html\|title=ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM \|accessdate=24 September 2011 }}</ref>		{{Flag\|Taiwan}}<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM">{{cite web\|url=http://www.psywarrior.com/AlliesRepublicVietnam.html\|title=ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM \|accessdate=24 September 2011 }}</ref>
	\| {{flagicon\|Canada}} ]<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>		\| {{flagicon\|Canada}} ]<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>
	\| {{flagicon\|Germany}} ]<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>		\| {{flagicon\|Germany}} ]<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>
	\| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}}<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>		\| {{Flag\|United Kingdom}}<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>
	\| {{flagicon\|Iran\|1964}} ]<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>		\| {{flagicon\|Iran\|1964}} ]<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>
	\| {{flagicon\|Spain}} ]<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>		\| {{flagicon\|Spain}} ]<ref name="ALLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM"/>
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	\| {{flag\|North Vietnam\|size=25px}}<br/>] ]<br/>] ]<br/>] ]<br/>{{flagicon\|Laos\|size=25px}} ]		\| {{flag\|North Vietnam\|size=25px}}<br/>] ]<br/>] ]<br/>] ]<br/>{{flagicon\|Laos\|size=25px}} ]
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	\| {{flag\|Soviet Union}}		\| {{flag\|Soviet Union}}
	\| {{flag\|Cuba}}<ref>The Cuban Military Under Castro, 1989. Page 76</ref><ref>Cuba in the World, 1979. Page 66</ref>		\| {{flag\|Cuba}}<ref>The Cuban Military Under Castro, 1989. Page 76</ref><ref>Cuba in the World, 1979. Page 66</ref>
	\| {{flag\|North Korea}}		\| {{flag\|North Korea}}
	\| {{flag\|Czechoslovakia}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.svet.czsk.net/clanky/svet/koreapokusy.html \|title=Cesky a slovensky svet \|publisher=Svet.czsk.net \|accessdate=2014-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.e-polis.cz/mezinarodni-vztahy/322-bilateralni-vztahy-ceske-republiky-a-vietnamske-socialisticke-republiky.html \|title=Bilaterální vztahy České republiky a Vietnamské socialistické republiky \| Mezinárodní vztahy \| e-Polis – Internetový politologický časopis \|publisher=E-polis.cz \|accessdate=2014-02-24}}</ref>		\| {{flag\|Czechoslovakia}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.svet.czsk.net/clanky/svet/koreapokusy.html \|title=Cesky a slovensky svet \|publisher=Svet.czsk.net \|accessdate=2014-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.e-polis.cz/mezinarodni-vztahy/322-bilateralni-vztahy-ceske-republiky-a-vietnamske-socialisticke-republiky.html \|title=Bilaterální vztahy České republiky a Vietnamské socialistické republiky \| Mezinárodní vztahy \| e-Polis – Internetový politologický časopis \|publisher=E-polis.cz \|accessdate=2014-02-24}}</ref>
	\| {{flagicon\|Bulgaria\|1967}} ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+bg0066)\|title=Foreign Affairs in the 1960s and 1970s\|volume=Bulgaria ]\|publisher=]\|year=1992\|quote=Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Bulgaria gave official military support to many national liberation causes, most notably in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, (North Vietnam)...}}</ref>		\| {{flagicon\|Bulgaria\|1967}} ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+bg0066)\|title=Foreign Affairs in the 1960s and 1970s\|volume=Bulgaria ]\|publisher=]\|year=1992\|quote=Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Bulgaria gave official military support to many national liberation causes, most notably in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, (North Vietnam)...}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	\| '''~~Defeat~~'''		\| '''Withdrawal'''
			* ]ese victory over ].
	* ]
	* Withdrawal of ] from ].		* ] of 1973.
			* Withdrawal of ] from ].
	* Dissolution of the ].		* Dissolution of the ].
	* Communist governments take power in ], ] and ].		* Communist governments take power in ], ] and ].
	* ].		* ].
	\|-
	\| ]<br/>(1967–1975)<br>''Part of the ] and ]''
	\| {{flagdeco\|Cambodia}} ] <small>(1967–1970)</small><br>{{flagdeco\|Cambodia\|1970}} ] <small>(1970–1975)</small><br>{{flag\|United States}}<br>{{flag\|South Vietnam}}
	\| {{flagdeco\|Cambodia\|1975}} ]<br>{{flagdeco\|Cambodia}} ]<br>{{flagdeco\|Cambodia\|1979}} ]<br>{{flag\|North Vietnam}}<br>
	{{flagdeco\|South Vietnam\|PRG}} ]
	\| '''Defeat'''
	* Creation of ]
	* Beginning of the ]
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]<br>(1961)<br>''Part of the ]''		\| ]<br>(1961)<br>''Part of the ]''
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	\| '''Victory'''~~{{Dubious\|date=November 2014}}~~		\| '''Victory'''
	* ] and ] of Iraq		* ] and ] of Iraq
	* Defeat of ] government and ]		* Defeat of ] government and ]

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

18th century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)	United States France Spain Netherlands Mysore Vermont Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape	Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries Iroquois Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Cherokee	Victory Treaty of Paris Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America End of the First British Empire
Northwest Indian War (1785–1793)	United States	Western Confederacy Great Britain British North America	Victory Treaty of Greenville British withdrawal American occupation of the Northwest Territory
Whiskey Rebellion (1791–1794)	United States	Frontier tax protesters	Victory Armed resistance eliminated Minor tax evasion
Quasi-War (1798–1800)	United States Batavian Republic Great Britain	France Spain	Victory Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance End of French privateer attacks on American shipping American neutrality and renunciation of claims against France

19th century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
First Barbary War (1801–1805) Part of the Barbary Wars	United States Sweden	Ottoman Empire (de jure) Eyalet of Tripolitania Sultanate of Morocco	Victory Peace treaty
Tecumseh's War (1811)	United States	Tecumseh's Confederacy	Victory Peace treaty
War of 1812 (1812–1815)	United States Choctaw Cherokee Creek Allies	United Kingdom British North America Tecumseh's Confederacy File:Flag of The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.svg Shawnee Red Sticks File:Anishinabe.svg Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois File:Bandera Miami Nation.PNG Miami Mingo File:Bandera Ottawa nation.png Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk File:Wyandot Nation.png Wyandot Spain (1814)	Stalemate Treaty of Ghent U.S. nationalism strengthened Defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy
Creek War (1813–1814) Part of the War of 1812	United States Lower Creeks Cherokee Choctaw	Red Stick Creek	Victory Treaty of Fort Jackson
Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars	United States	Ottoman Empire (de jure) Regency of Algiers	Victory Peace treaty
First Seminole War (1817–1818)	United States	Seminole Spanish Florida	Victory
Arikara War (1823)	United States	Arikara	Victory The Arikara eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota
Winnebago War (1827)	United States	Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks with a few allies	Victory Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States
First Sumatran expedition (1832)	United States Netherlands	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory
Black Hawk War (1832)	United States Ho-Chunk Menominee Dakota Potawatomi	Black Hawks British Band Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies	Victory
Second Seminole War (1835–1842)	United States	Seminole	Victory 3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory 300 remain in Everglades
Second Sumatran expedition (1838)	United States Netherlands	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory
Patriot War (1838) Part of the Rebellions of 1837	United Kingdom British North America United States	Hunters' Lodge Republic of Canada	Victory Defeat of Hunters' Lodges Navy Island retaken "Republic of Canada" collapses Unification of Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada
Mexican–American War (1846–1848)	United States	Mexico	Victory Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession Mexican recognition of Texas (among other territories) as independent; End of conflict between Mexico and Texas
Cayuse War (1847–1855)	United States	Cayuse	Victory
Apache Wars (1851–1900)	United States	Apache Ute Yavapai	Victory Apaches moved to reservations
Puget Sound War (1855–1856)	United States	Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit	Victory Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856)	United States	Rogue River people	Victory Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Third Seminole War (1855–1858)	United States	Seminole	Victory
Yakima War (1855–1858)	United States	Yakama	Victory Peace treaty
Second Opium War (1856–1860)	United Kingdom India France United States	China	Victory Treaty of Tientsin
Utah War (1857–1858)	United States	Deseret / Utah Mormons (Nauvoo Legion)	Resolution Resolution through negotiation Brigham Young replaced as governor of the territory Full amnesty for charges of sedition and treason issued to the citizens of Utah Territory by President James Buchanan on the condition that they accept American Federal authority
Navajo Wars (1858–1866)	United States	Navajo	Victory Long Walk of the Navajo Navajos moved to reservations
First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861)	United States Confederate States	Mexican Paramilitary Forces	Victory
Paiute War (1860)	United States	Paiute Shoshone Bannock	Victory
Reform War (1860)	Mexican Liberals United States	Mexican Conservatives	Victory
American Civil War (1861–1865)	United States	Confederate States	Victory Slavery abolished Territorial integrity preserved Lincoln assassinated five days after Lee's surrender Dissolution of the Confederacy Beginning of the Reconstruction Era
Dakota War of 1862 (1862)	United States	Dakota Sioux	Victory
Colorado War (1863–1865)	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho	Victory Military and congressional hearings against John Chivington
Snake War (1864–1868)	United States	Paiute Bannock File:Bandera Xoixoni Est.png Shoshone	Victory
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868)	United States	Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho	Defeat 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)	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho File:Flag of the Comanche Nation.svg Comanche Kiowa	Victory
Modoc War (1872–1873)	United States	File:Bandera Modoc Oklahoma.PNG Modoc	Victory
Red River War (1874–1875)	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho File:Flag of the Comanche Nation.svg Comanche Kiowa	Victory End to the Texas-Indian Wars
Las Cuevas War (1875)	United States	Mexican militia	Victory Cattle returned to Texas
Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877)	United States	Lakota Northern Cheyenne Arapaho	Victory Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to the United States
Nez Perce War (1877)	United States	File:Bandera Nez Percé.PNG Nez Perce	Victory
Bannock War (1878)	United States	Bannock File:Bandera Xoixoni Est.png Shoshone	Victory
Cheyenne War (1878–1879)	United States	Cheyenne	Victory
Sheepeater Indian War (1879)	United States	File:Bandera Xoixoni Est.png Shoshone	Victory
White River War (1879–1880)	United States	Ute	Victory
Pine Ridge Campaign (1890–1891)	United States	Sioux	Victory
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1893)	United States Hawaiian League	Kingdom of Hawaii	Victory Hawaiian Kingdom surrender Queen Liliuokalani relinquishes power Provisional Government established Hawaii organized into a territory (1898), then a state of the United States (1959) 50th territory granted Statehood
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899)	Samoa United Kingdom United States	Mataafans Germany	Compromise 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)	United States	Spain	Victory Treaty of Paris Protectorate over Cuba Collapse of the Spanish Empire Generation of '98 among Spanish intellectuals
Philippine–American War (1899–1902)	United States	First Philippine Republic Philippine Republican Army Pulajanes Sulu Sultanate Moro Republic of Zamboanga Republic of Negros	Victory Occupation of the Philippines Dissolution of the First Philippine Republic
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)	United Kingdom Russia Japan France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary	Righteous Harmony Society China	Victory The rebellion was suppressed Signing of the Boxer Protocol Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing

20th century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Border War (1910–1919)	United States Carrancistas	Mexico Germany	Victory Occupation of Veracruz American military is ordered to withdraw from Mexican territory after the defeat in the Battle of Carrizal General John J. Pershing acknowledges the failure of the American army to meet the objectives of their campaign during the Pancho Villa Expedition Permanent border wall established along the border of Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, Arizona after the Battle of Ambos Nogales Battles between Mexican and American forces ceased in 1919 after the Battle of Ciudad Juárez Pancho Villa's troops no longer an effective fighting force Pancho Villa obtains pardon by the Mexican government
World War I (1917–1918)	France United Kingdom Russia United States China Italy Japan Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil	Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	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 (1917–1922)	White Russia Britain United Kingdom Australia Canada India Empire of Japan Czechoslovakia Greece United States France Serbia Romania Italy China	Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian communists	Withdrawal White Movement defeated
World War II (1941–1945)	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China French Resistance Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Mongolia Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Philippines Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia Viet Minh KLA	Germany Vichy France Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Finland Thailand Manchukuo Croatia Slovakia Albania	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Defeat and dissolution of Vichy France 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
Korean War (1950–1953) Part of the Cold War	South Korea United Nations United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Ethiopia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg Spain	North Korea China Soviet Union	Ceasefire Cease-fire armistice North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled UN invasion of North Korea repelled Chinese-North Korean-Soviet invasion of South Korea repelled Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border.
Vietnam War (1955–1973) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Khmer Republic Kingdom of Laos Supported by: Philippines Taiwan Canada West Germany United Kingdom Iran Spain	North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Khmer Issarak Pathet Lao Supported by: China Soviet Union Cuba North Korea Czechoslovakia Bulgaria	Withdrawal North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam. Paris Peace Accords of 1973. Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina. Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam. Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam.
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War	United States Cuban exiles	Cuba	Defeat Invasion unsuccessful Fidel Castro remained dictator of Cuba
Cuban missile crisis (1962) Part of the Cold War	United States Italy Turkey NATO	Cuba Soviet Union Warsaw Pact	Withdrawal Withdrawal of the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles in Cuba Withdrawal of American nuclear missiles in Turkey Agreement with the Soviet Union that the U.S would never invade Cuba again with direct provocation Creation of the American-Russian Nuclear Hotline
American occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–1966)	United States Brazil Honduras Paraguay Nicaragua	Dominican Republic	Victory Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer.
First Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)	United States	Libya	Victory Deterioration of Libya–United States relations.
Invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War	United States Caribbean Peace Force: Organization of American States Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Dominica Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	PRG of Grenada Cuba Military advisors: Soviet Union North Korea Libya	Victory Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed Defeat of Cuban military presence Restoration of Constitutional Government
Invasion of Panama (1989–1990)	United States Panamanian Opposition	Panama	Victory Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed.
Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Qatar United Arab Emirates Oman Bangladesh	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber III restored Sanctions against Iraq.
Somali Civil War (1992–1994)	United States Malaysia Pakistan	USC	Victory UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled.
Bosnian War (1993–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia United States Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom	Republika Srpska YPA Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia FR Yugoslavia	Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group.
Operation Uphold Democracy (1994–1995)	United States Poland Argentina	Haiti	Victory Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti.
Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	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	Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency.

21st century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Part of the War on Terror and the Conflict in Afghanistan	United States Afghanistan United Kingdom Germany Denmark Italy France Canada Australia New Zealand Georgia Poland Romania Turkey Bulgaria Portugal Albania ISAF Iran Northern Alliance	Taliban al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hezb-e Islami Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed East Turkestan Islamic Movement Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Islamic Emirate of Waziristan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Islamic Jihad Union Afghanistan	Ongoing Defeat of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Killing of Osama bin Laden Establishment of new Afghan government Creation of new Afghan National Army Taliban insurgency Return of more than 5.7 million Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran War in North-West Pakistan
Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the War on Terror	United States Iraq United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Netherlands Spain Denmark MNF–I	Baath Loyalists ISI al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups IAI Ansar al-Sunnah Iraq Syria	Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Defeat of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security 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 Rise of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal and spillover with Syrian Civil War Resurgence of al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria Return of U.S. Forces to Iraq in summer 2014
2011 military intervention in Libya (2011) Part of the Libyan Civil War and Arab Spring	NLA Qatar United States Bulgaria Belgium Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Spain Turkey United Kingdom Sweden Jordan United Arab Emirates	Libya	Victory Overthrow of Gaddafi government 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
2014 military intervention against ISIL (2014–present) Part of the Iraqi Civil War	United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands New Zealand Spain Only Intervening in Syria: Bahrain Jordan Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Qatar Ground forces in Syria: Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Peshmerga Mil. & Humanitarian aid: Greece Albania Bulgaria Croatia Singapore European Commission Slovakia Sweden Norway Poland Israel Iranian-led Coalition: Iran Hezbollah Local forces in Iraq: Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Local forces in Syria Syrian Kurdistan YPG Free Syrian Army	Islamic State Opposed by ISIL and US-led Coalition al-Qaeda Ansar al-Islam al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar ash-Sham	Ongoing U.S and French airstrikes on the Islamic State positions in Iraq British Royal Air Force sorties in Iraq U.S and Arab airstrikes on ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra positions in Syria Multinational humanitarian effort 2 American journalists (James Foley and Steven Sotloff) executed; 2 British humanitarian workers (David Haines and Alan Henning) and 1 French civilian executed 1 American civilian in custody American-led intervention in Syria
American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present) Part of the 2014 military intervention against ISIL and the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War	United States Bahrain Jordan Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Qatar United Kingdom (surveillance only) Coalition ground forces: Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Peshmerga Local ground forces: Syrian Kurdistan YPG Free Syrian Army	Islamic State Opposed by ISIL and US-led Coalition: al-Qaeda al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar ash-Sham	Ongoing

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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, Center for Greater Southwestern Studies, the University of Texas at Arlington

v t e Armed conflicts involving the Armed Forces of the United States
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Domestic	Shays' Rebellion Whiskey Rebellion Fries's Rebellion 1811 German Coast uprising Turner's Rebellion Mormon War Dorr Rebellion Bleeding Kansas Utah War Harpers Ferry raid American Civil War New York City draft riots American Indian Wars Brooks–Baxter War Battle of Liberty Place Range War Hamburg riot Lincoln County War Johnson County War Coal Creek War Homestead strike Pullman Strike Colorado Coalfield War Red Summer Battle of Blair Mountain Tulsa riot Bonus Army Puerto Rican revolts Ole Miss riot of 1962 1960s ghetto rebellions 1969 Greensboro uprising Kent State shootings 1992 Los Angeles riots 2020 racial unrest 2021 U.S. Capitol attack
Foreign	American Revolutionary War American–Algerian War (1785–1795) Quasi-War First Barbary War War of 1812 Second Barbary War First Sumatran expedition Second Sumatran expedition Ivory Coast expedition Mexican–American War First Fiji expedition Second Opium War Second Fiji expedition Formosa Expedition Korean Expedition Spanish–American War Philippine–American War Boxer Rebellion Banana Wars Border War World War I Russian Civil War World War II Korean War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Dominican Civil War Invasion of Grenada Lebanese Civil War Invasion of Panama Gulf War Somali Civil War Intervention in Haiti Bosnian War Kosovo War War in Afghanistan Iraq War War in North-West Pakistan First Libyan Civil War War against the Islamic State Iraq Syria Cameroon Libya Yemeni civil war
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United States Armed Forces

Legend: A = Army; MC = Marine Corps; N = Navy; AF = Air Force; SF = Space Force; CG = Coast Guard

Leadership

Components

Military departments	Department of Defense Secretary Department of the Army Secretary Department of the Navy Secretary Department of the Air Force Secretary Department of Homeland Security Secretary
Service branches and heads	Chief of Staff of the United States Army Commandant of the Marine Corps Chief of Naval Operations Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Chief of Space Operations Commandant of the Coast Guard
Reserve components	Reserves: A MC N AF CG National Guard: A AF
Civilian auxiliaries	Military Auxiliary Radio System Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary Merchant Marine Civil Air Patrol Coast Guard Auxiliary
Unified combatant command	Africa Central European Indo-Pacific Northern Southern Space Cyber Special Operations Strategic Transportation

Structure

United States Code
- Title 10
- Title 14
- Title 32
- Title 50
The Pentagon
Installations
Units:
- A
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Logistics
Media
Unit mottoes

Operations
and history

Budget Current deployments Conflicts Wars Civil affairs
History	A MC N AF SF CG
Timeline	Colonial World War II
Demographics	African Americans Asian Americans Buddhist Americans Jewish Americans Muslim Americans Sikh Americans Hispanic Americans Civil War Air Force Coast Guard Marine Corps Navy Academy
History centers	Army Center of Military History Marine Corps History Division Naval History and Heritage Command Air Force Historical Research Agency
War artists	Army Art Program Air Force Art Program

Personnel

Training	Service academies: A (prep) MC/N (prep) AF/SF (prep) CG Merchant Marine ROTC A MC/N AF/SF Officer candidate/training school: A MC N AF/SF Warrant officer: A MEPS ASVAB The Basic School (MC) Enlisted recruit training: A MC N AF/SF CG Other education
Uniforms	Uniforms: A MC N AF SF Awards & decorations: Inter-service A MC/N AF/SF CG Foreign International Devices Badges: Identification A MC N AF SF CG
Ranks	Officer: A MC N AF SF CG Warrant officers Enlisted: A MC N AF SF CG
Other	Oath: Enlistment Officer Creeds & Codes: Code of Conduct NCO A MC N AF CG Service numbers: A MC N AF CG Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code Pay Uniform Code of Military Justice Judge Advocate General's Corps Military Health System/Tricare Separation Veterans Affairs Conscription Chiefs of Chaplains: A MC N AF CG

Equipment

Land	Individual weapons Crew-served weapons Vehicles (active)
Sea	All watercraft Ships: A N active future AF CG MSC Weapons: N Reactors
Air	Aircraft World War I active future Aircraft designation Helicopter arms
Other	WWII equipment Nuclear football Electronics (designations) Flags: A MC N AF SF CG Ensign Jack Guidons Food WMDs: Nuclear Biological Chemical

Category
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Navboxes
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v t e Lists of wars involving North American countries
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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