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Principle Wars and Conflicts of the United States

Primary Name of Conflict Dates of Conflict (U.S. Involvement Only)

Type of Conflict Primary Opponent(s) of the United States

The American Revolution 1775-1783 Inter-State and Colonial War Great Britain

The Indian Wars 1775-1890 Wars of Imperialism Native (Indian) Tribes and Nations of North America

Shay's Rebellion 1786-1787 Rebellion Anti-(state) Government Rebels vs. Massachusetts

The Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Rebellion Anti-Tax Rebels in Western Pennsylvania

Quasi-War With France 1798-1800 Inter-State (Naval) War France

Fries's Rebellion "The Hot Water War"

1799 Rebellion Anti-Tax Rebels in Pennsylvania

The Barbary Wars 1800-1815 Inter-State War The Barbary States (Tripoli, Algiers & Morocco)

The War of 1812 1812-1815 Inter-State War Great Britain

Mexican-American War 1846-1848 Inter-State War Mexico

U.S. Slave Rebellions 1800-1865 Slave Rebellions Various Slave groups

"Bleeding Kansas" 1855-1860 Civil War (state of Kansas) Pro-Slavery vs. Anti-Slavery Kansans

Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry 1859 Rebellion Anti-Slavery Rebels (Led by John Brown)

United States Civil War 1861-1865 Civil War United States (The North) vs. The Confederate States (The South)

U.S. Intervention in Hawaiian Revolution 1893 Internal Rebellion & Foreign Intervention Hawaiian Government

The Spanish-American War 1898 Inter-State War Spain

U.S. Intervention in Samoan Civil War 1898-1899 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Samoan Faction

U.S.-Philippine War 1899-1902 Colonial War, War of Imperialism The Philippines

Boxer Rebellion 1900 Internal Rebellion & Foreign Intervention Chinese Government & "Boxer" Rebels

The Moro Wars 1901-1913 Colonial Wars Philippine Muslim Rebels

U.S. Intervention in Panamanian Revolution 1903 Secessionist Revolution & Foreign Intervention Colombia

The Banana Wars 1909-1933 Civil Wars & Foreign Intervention Various Rebel Groups In Central America

U.S. Occupation of Vera Cruz 1914 Inter-State War Mexico

Pershing's Raid Into Mexico 1916-1917 Inter-State, Border War Mexican Government & Mexican Rebels ("Bandits")

World War I 1917-1918 (American involvement only) Inter-State War Germany

Allied Intervention in Russian Civil War 1919-1921 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Russian Bolshevik (Soviet) Government

World War II 1941-1945 (American Involvement only) Inter-State War Germany, Japan & Italy

The Cold War 1945-1991 Global Inter-State Cold War The Soviet Union & Communist China

The Korean War 1950-1953 Inter-State War North Korea & China

The Second Indochina War "Vietnam War" 1956-1975 Civil War, Inter-State War North Vietnam & South Vietnamese "Viet Cong" Rebels

U.S. Intervention in Lebanon 1958 Civil War & Foreign Intervention No real foe for U.S. Troops landed to support Lebanon Gov.

Dominican Intervention 1965 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Rebels in the Dominican Republic

The Mayaguez Rescue Operation

News Story 1975 (May 15) Hostage Rescue & Inter-State Conflict Khmer Rouge Guerrillas (the new government of Cambodia)

Iranian Hostage Rescue "Desert One" or "Operation Eagle Claw" 1980 (April 25) Hostage Rescue & Inter-State Conflict Iran

U.S. Libya Conflict 1981, 1986 Inter-State War Libya

U.S. Intervention in Lebanon 1982-1984 Civil War, Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Syria & Various Muslim and Leftist Lebanese Militias

U.S. Invasion of Grenada 1983 Inter-State War Marxist Grenadian Faction & Cuba

The Tanker War

"Operation Earnest Will" 1987-1988 Inter-State War Iran

U.S. Invasion of Panama 1989 Inter-State War Panama

Second Persian Gulf War "Operation Desert Storm" 1991 Inter-State War Iraq

"No-Fly Zone" War 1991-2003 Inter-State War Iraq

U.S. Intervention in Somalia 1992-1994 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Various Somali Militias

NATO Intervention in Bosnia (Operation Deliberate Force) Summary 1994-1995 Civil War, Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Bosnian Serb Rebels

U.S. Occupation of Haiti 1994 Foreign Intervention Haitian Government

U.S. Embassy bombings and strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (The bin Laden War) August, 1998 Terrorist Conflict The embassy bombings in August, 1998 by Osama bin Laden caused hundreds of deaths in Kenya and Tanzania. The U.S. retaliated by launching Tomahawk Cruise Missiles at suspected terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan.

"Desert Fox" Campaign (part of U.S./Iraq Conflict) December, 1998 Inter-State War Iraq

Kosovo War Kosovo Links 1999 Civil War, Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Yugoslavia/Serbia

Attack on the USS Cole October 12, 2000 Terrorist Conflict Terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon September 11, 2001 Terrorist Conflict Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization Afghanistan War (Operation Enduring Freedom) October 7, 2001-Present War against Terrorism The Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaida organization Third Persian Gulf War "Operation Iraqi Freedom" March 19, 2003-Present Inter-State War Iraq Gulf War 1991 Combat: 148 Other:145 Total: 293 467

War Dates Deaths Wounded

Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan/Pakistan

October 7,-- Continuing As of May 24, 2002

Combat: 27 (including CIA Officer Mike Spann, the 1st U.S. combat death in Afghanistan) Other: *****:28 Total: 55 134

Operation Enduring Freedom: Philippines Oct. 7, 2001-Continuing

As of May 24, 2002 Combat: 0 Non-Combat*****:10 Total: 10

Third Persian Gulf War "Operation Iraqi Freedom" March 19, 2003 As of April 7, 2003 Total: 151 399?

Links and Sources Statistical Summary of America's Major Wars--From the U.S. Civil War Center. America's Wars--From the Veteran's Administration War Statistics Relating to the Philippine Wars (1899 to 1913) Deaths-Operation Enduring Freedom--From the U.S. Defense Department America's Wars and Casualties --Includes information on when the last veterans from each war died. Lee, R. "The History Guy: Casualties From America's Wars"