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After the Iran–Iraq War (the Tanker War phase) resulted in several military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the United States increased U.S. joint military forces operations in the Persian Gulf and adopted a policy of reflagging and escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf to protect them from Iraqi and Iranian attacks.
This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 123 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
Timeline of the War of 1812; Timeline of the War on Terror; Timeline of World War I; Timeline of World War I (1917–1918) Timeline of World War II (1941) Timeline of World War II (1942) Timeline of World War II (1943) Timeline of World War II (1945–1991)
The military history of the United States spans over two centuries, the entire history of the United States. During those centuries, the United States evolved from a newly formed nation which fought for its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (1775–1783) to world superpower status in the aftermath of World War II to the present. [1]
War in the context of this list is broadly construed to be a direct armed conflict between organized U.S. military forces and organized forces of (a) belligerent(s). (Note: Ongoing wars are indicated in bold and with red bars.)
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Daguet ("Brocket deer") — French codename for operations during the Gulf War; Damask — Royal Australian Navy deployment to the Persian Gulf. Desert Sabre — The ground campaign which began on 24 February 1991. [2] Granby — British codename for operations during the Gulf War; Locusta ("Locust") — Italian codename for operations during ...
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