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It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II. [18] 1987–1988: Persian Gulf: Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will.
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.
List of United States military history events. Conflicts in the United States; List of wars involving the United States; Military history of the United States during World War II; History of the branches of the United States military History of the United States Air Force; History of the United States Army. History of the United States Army ...
Caucasian War: 1817: 1864: 47 years Afghanistan conflict: 27 April 1978: Ongoing: 46 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days [citation needed] Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) 27 November 1978: Ongoing: 46 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days Cold War (Indirect War) 1946: 1991: 45 years Chadian Civil Wars: 1965: 2010: 45 years
1877 1890 Angoche Civil War [17] Followers of Farelay 6 other claimants to the throne of the Angoche Sultanate: 1877 1877 Nez Perce War United States: Nez Perce: 1877 1877 Satsuma Rebellion Empire of Japan: Samurai of former the Satsuma Domain, Kumamoto Domain. Shi-gakkÅ. 1877 1878 San Elizario Salt War United States: Mexican-Indians 1877 1879 ...
March 4, 1877 – After only two days as president-elect and vice president-elect, Hayes becomes the 19th president and Wheeler becomes the 19th vice president; 1877 – Reconstruction ends; 1877 – Nez Perce War; 1878 – Bland–Allison Act; 1878 – Morgan silver dollars first minted; 1879 – Thomas Edison creates first commercially viable ...
Since an earlier order was not carried out, orders were sent from Washington to reinforce Fort Pickens with Regular Army troops. [351] April 7: Confederate States Secretary of War Leroy Pope Walker tells Brigadier General Braxton Bragg to resist Union reinforcement of Fort Pickens. [351]
A History of the United States since the Civil War. Volume V, 1888–1901 (Macmillan, 1937). 791pp; comprehensive old-fashioned political history; Rhodes, James Ford. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850: 1877–1896 (1919) online complete; old, factual and heavily political, by winner of Pulitzer Prize; Shannon, Fred A.