July 4, 1675– August 12, 1676 | King Philip’s War | New England Colonies vs. Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck peoples |
1689–1697 | King William’s War | The English Colonies vs. France |
1702–1713 | Queen Anne’s War (War of Spanish Succession) | The English Colonies vs. France |
1744–1748 | King George’s War (War of Austrian Succession) | The French Colonies vs. Great Britain |
1756–1763 | French and Indian War (Seven Years War) | The French Colonies vs. Great Britain |
1759–1761 | Cherokee War | English Colonists vs. Cherokee Nation |
1775–1783 | American Revolution | English Colonists vs. Great Britain |
1798–1800 | Franco-American Naval War | United States vs. France |
1801–1805; 1815 | Barbary Wars | United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli |
1812–1815 | War of 1812 | United States vs. Great Britain |
1813–1814 | Creek War | United States vs. Creek Nation |
1836 | War of Texas Independence | Texas vs. Mexico |
1846–1848 | Mexican-American War | United States vs. Mexico |
1861–1865 | U.S. Civil War | Union vs. Confederacy |
1898 | Spanish-American War | United States vs. Spain |
1914–1918 | World War I | Triple
Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente:
Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of
the Triple Entente in 1917 |
1939-1945 | World War II | Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia |
1950–1953 | Korean War | United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China |
1960–1975 | Vietnam War | United States and South Vietnam vs. North Vietnam |
1961 | Bay of Pigs Invasion | United States vs. Cuba |
1983 | Grenada | United States intervention |
1989 | U.S. Invasion of Panama | United States vs. Panama |
1990–1991 | Persian Gulf War | United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq |
1995–1996 | Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina | United States as part of NATO acted as peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia |
2001–2021 | Invasion of Afghanistan | United States and Coalition Forces vs. the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to fight terrorism |
2003–2011 | Invasion of Iraq | United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq |
2004–present | War in Northwest Pakistan | United States vs. Pakistan, mainly drone attacks |
2007–present | Somalia and Northeastern Kenya | United States and Coalition forces vs. al-Shabaab militants |
2009–2016 | Operation Ocean Shield (Indian Ocean) | NATO allies vs. Somali pirates |
2011 | Intervention in Libya | U.S. and NATO allies vs. Libya |
2011–2017 | Lord’s Resistance Army | U.S. and allies against the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda |
2014–2017 | U.S.-led Intervention in Iraq | U.S. and coalition forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria |
2014–present | U.S.-led intervention in Syria | U.S. and coalition forces against al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Syria |
2015–present | Yemeni Civil War | Saudi-led coalition and U.S., France, and Kingdom against the Houthi rebels, Supreme Political Council in Yemen, and allies |
2015–present | U.S. intervention in Libya | U.S. and Libya against ISIS |
