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The United States has been involved in 115 military conflicts. 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.
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.)
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 conflicts in the United States. Conflicts are arranged chronologically from the late modern period to contemporary history. This list includes (but is not limited to) the following: Indian wars, skirmishes, wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars.
Part of the Vietnam War North Vietnam (1964–1976) Viet Cong South Vietnam Vietnam (after 1976) United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races: 1964 1974 Mozambican War of Independence Part of the Portuguese Colonial War: FRELIMO Portugal: 1964 1982 Mexican Dirty War Mexico United States: Party of the Poor Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre ...
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program. [3] This is a list of wars that began from 2003 onwards. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity .
Before the war, many observers believed the U.S. and its allies could win but might suffer substantial casualties (certainly more than any conflict since Vietnam), and that the tank battles across the harsh desert might rival those of North Africa during World War II.
This category includes historical wars in which the United States of America (1776–present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. These are the wars in which the United States of America was a primary participant.