List of wars involving the United States

See also: Timeline of United States military operations and Timeline of United States at war

This is a list of armed conflicts involving the United States of America since its founding during the American Revolution.

18th century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and/or its Allies
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) Location: Eastern North America, Gibraltar, British India, Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, which began negotiations between Great Britain and the United States.	United States France Spain Vermont Iroquois Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw Netherlands Mysore	Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries Iroquois Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Cherokee	Victory Treaty of Paris Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America End of the First British Empire
Chickamauga War (1776–1795) Location: Old Southwest	United States	Cherokee	Victory
Northwest Indian War (1785–1793) Location: Northwest Territory A depiction of the Treaty of Greenville negotiations.	United States Chickasaw Choctaw	Western Confederacy List Council of Three Fires Iroquois Confederacy Seven Nations of Canada Wabash Confederacy (Wea, Piankashaw, and others) Illini Confederacy Wyandot Mississaugas Menominee Shawnee Lenape Miami Kickapoo Kaskaskia Chickamauga Cherokee (or "Lower Cherokee") Upper Muscogee Great Britain British North America	Victory Treaty of Greenville British withdrawal American occupation of the Northwest Territory
Whiskey Rebellion (1791–1794) Location: Western Pennsylvania George Washington reviews troops before their march to suppress the rebellion in western Pennsylvania.	United States	Frontier tax protesters	Victory Armed resistance eliminated. Minor tax evasion
Quasi-War (1798–1800) Part of the French Revolutionary Wars Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean U.S. Marines escorting French prisoners.	United States Co-belligerent: Great Britain	France Guadeloupe Co-belligerent: Spain	Victory Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance Reduction of French privateer and warship activity End of French privateer attacks on American shipping American neutrality and renunciation of claims against France

19th century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and/or its Allies
First Barbary War (1801–1805) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tripoli. Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon at Derna, April 1805.	United States Sweden	Eyalet of Tripolitania Sultanate of Morocco	Victory Peace treaty
Tecumseh's War (1811) Location: Northwest River Ohio	United States	Tecumseh's Confederacy List Shawnee Red Sticks Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot	Victory Peace treaty
War of 1812 (1812–1815) Location: Eastern and Central North America The Battle of New Orleans by Henry Bryan Hall after William Momberger.	United States Choctaw Cherokee Nation Creek Allies	United Kingdom British North America Tecumseh's Confederacy List Shawnee Red Sticks Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot Spain (1814)	Stalemate Treaty of Ghent Defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy
Creek War (1813–1814) Location: Southern United States William Weatherford surrendering to Andrew Jackson after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.	United States Lower Creeks Cherokee Nation Choctaw	Red Stick Creek	Victory Treaty of Fort Jackson
Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary states. Decatur's Squadron off Algiers.	United States	Regency of Algiers	Victory Peace treaty
First Seminole War (1817–1818) Location: Pensacola, Florida Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke near Tampa Bay.	United States	Seminole Spanish Florida	Victory
Texas-Indian wars (1820–1875) Location: Texas A Kiowa ledger drawing depicting a battle between Southern Plains Indians and the U.S. Army during the Red River War.	Spain Mexico Republic of Texas United States	Comanche	Victory
Arikara War (1823) Location: Missouri River	United States	Arikara	Victory The Arikara eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota
Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations (1825–1828) Location: Off Greece, Aegean Sea Greek pirate boats attacking the HMS Comet.	United States	Greek Pirates	Victory Defeat of Greek pirates HMS Comet liberated by American forces Message of thanks issued to Louis Goldsborough from the British government
Winnebago War (1827) Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory	United States	Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks with a few allies	Victory Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States
First Sumatran expedition (1832) Location: Aceh Sultanate U.S. Infantry assaulting the Acehnese forts at Kuala Batu in 1832.	United States Netherlands	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory
Black Hawk War (1832) Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory Native women and children fleeing the Battle of Bad Axe.	United States Ho-Chunk Menominee Dakota Potawatomi	Black Hawks British Band Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies	Victory
Second Seminole War (1835–1842) Location: Florida, United States This view of a Seminole village shows the log cabins they lived in prior to the disruptions of the Second Seminole War.	United States	Seminole	Victory 3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory 300 remain in Everglades
United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) Location: Pacific Ocean, Antarctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and Oceania The attack on Malolo by Alfred Agate.	United States	Fiji Samoa Tabiteuea	Victory Exploration successful
Second Sumatran expedition (1838) Location: Aceh Sultanate	United States Netherlands	Chiefdom of Kuala Batee	Victory
Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Location: Texas, New Mexico, California, and Mexico Second Battle of Tabasco.	United States California Republic	Mexico	Victory Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession Mexican recognition of Texas and California (among other territories) as independent; end of conflict between Mexico and Texas
Cayuse War (1847–1855) Location: Oregon	United States	Cayuse	Victory
Apache Wars (1851–1900) Location: Southwestern United States	United States	Apache Ute Yavapai	Victory Apaches moved to reservations
Bombardment of Greytown (1854) Location: Greytown, Mosquito Coast Bombardment of the British protectorate before its occupation and destruction by U.S. Marines.	United States	United Kingdom Miskito Kingdom	Victory Greytown occupied and destroyed
Puget Sound War (1855–1856) Location: Washington	United States Snoqualmie	Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit	Victory Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
First Fiji Expedition (1855) Location: Fiji	United States	Fiji	Victory
Rogue River Wars (1855–1856) Location: Rogue Valley	United States	Rogue River people	Victory Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Third Seminole War (1855–1858) Location: Pensacola, Florida A U.S. Marine boat expedition searching the Everglades during the Second Seminole War.	United States	Seminole	Victory
Yakima War (1855–1858) Location: Washington Territory Seattleites evacuate to the town blockhouse as USS Decatur opens fire on advancing tribal forces.	United States Snoqualmie	Yakama Walla Walla tribe Umatilla tribe Nez Perce tribe Cayuse tribe	Victory Peace treaty
Second Opium War (1856–1859) Location: China Palikao's bridge, on the evening of the battle, by Émile Bayard	British Empire French Empire United States	China	Victory Treaties of Tientsin Southern Kowloon ceded to the United Kingdom
Utah War (1857–1858) Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming	United States	Deseret / Utah Mormons (Nauvoo Legion)	Resolution Resolution through negotiation Brigham Young replaced as governor of the territory Full amnesty for charges of sedition and treason issued to the citizens of Utah Territory by President James Buchanan on the condition that they accept American Federal authority
Navajo Wars (1858–1866) Location: New Mexico Fort Defiance	United States	Navajo	Victory Long Walk of the Navajo Navajos moved to reservations
Second Fiji Expedition (1858) Location: Fiji	United States	Fiji	Victory
First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861) Location: Texas and Mexico	United States Confederate States	Mexican Paramilitary Forces	Victory
Paiute War (1860) Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada	United States	Paiute Shoshone Bannock	Victory
Reform War (1860) Location: Mexico USS Saragota	Mexican Liberals United States	Mexican Conservatives	Victory
American Civil War (1861–1865) Location: United States The Battle of Antietam, by Kurz & Allison.	United States	Confederate States	Victory Territorial integrity preserved Dissolution of the Confederacy Slavery abolished Lincoln assassinated Beginning of the Reconstruction Era
Bombardment of Qui Nhơn (1861) Part of the Cochinchina Campaign Location: Qui Nhơn, Vietnam	United States	Nguyễn Dynasty	Victory Vietnamese-held fort silenced
Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) Location: Arizona	United States	Yavapai Apache Yuma Mohave	Victory
Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Location: Minnesota and Dakota The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota on August 19, 1862	United States	Dakota Sioux	Victory
Colorado War (1863–1865) Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho Sioux	Victory Military and congressional hearings against John Chivington
Shimonoseki War (1863–1864) Location: Kanmon Straits Capture of a Choshu battery at Shimonoseki by British sailors and marines.	British Empire Dutch Empire French Empire United States	Chōshū Domain	Victory Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000.
Snake War (1864–1868) Locations: Ohio, Nevada, California, and Idaho	United States	Paiute Bannock Shoshone	Victory
Powder River War (1865) Location: Powder River State	United States	Sioux Cheyenne Arapaho	Inconclusive
Red Cloud's War (1866–1868) Location: Powder River State	United States	Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho	Defeat Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to Native Americans Creation of the Great Sioux Reservation (including the Black Hills)
Siege of Mexico City (1867) Location: Mexico Austrian ship SNS Novara (left) at Veracruz to receive the body of Emperor Maximilian and extract remaining Austria-Hungarian troops from Mexico. British ship HMS Niger is on the right.	Mexican Republicans United States	Mexican Empire French Empire Austria-Hungary	Victory End of the Maximilian Affair
Formosa Expedition (1867) Location: Southern Formosa	United States	Paiwan aboriginals	Inconclusive Formosan retreat American withdrawal
Comanche Campaign (1867–1875) Location: Western United States	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa	Victory
United States expedition to Korea (1871) Location: Ganghwado American forces after capturing the Deokjin Fort during the Battle of Ganghwa in 1871.	United States	Joseon Dynasty	Victory United States-Korea Treaty of 1882
Modoc War (1872–1873) Location: California and Oregon Engraving of soldiers recovering the bodies of the slain May 3, 1873.	United States	Modoc	Victory
Red River War (1874–1875) Location: Texas	United States	Cheyenne Arapaho Comanche Kiowa	Victory End to the Texas-Indian Wars
Las Cuevas War (1875) Location: Texas and Mexico Texan soldiers.	United States	Mexican militia	Victory Cattle returned to Texas
Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877) Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming File:X-33633.jpg Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn.	United States	Lakota Dakota Northern Cheyenne Arapaho	Victory Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to the United States
Buffalo Hunters' War (1876–1877) Location: Texas and Oklahoma	United States	Comanche Apache	Victory
Nez Perce War (1877) Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana	United States	Nez Perce Palouse	Victory
San Elizario Salt War (1877–1878) Location: Texas	United States	Tejano militia	Victory Uprising suppressed
Bannock War (1878) Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming	United States	Bannock Shoshone Paiute	Victory
Cheyenne War (1878–1879) Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana	United States	Cheyenne	Victory
Sheepeater Indian War (1879) Location: Idaho	United States	Shoshone	Victory
Victorio's War (1879–1881) Location: Mexico	United States Mexico	Apache	Victory
White River War (1879–1880) Location: Colorado	United States	Ute	Victory
Egyptian Expedition (1882) Location: Egypt Two U.S. Marines (right) and two Royal Marines (left) in Alexandria during the occupation.	United States	Egypt	Victory American consulate occupied and safeguarded City of Alexandria patrolled and fires extinguished
Pine Ridge Campaign (1890–1891) Location: South Dakota Mass grave for the dead Lakota after the conflict at Wounded Knee Creek.	United States	Sioux	Victory
Garza Revolution (1891–1893) Location: Texas and Mexico	Mexico United States	Garzistas	Victory
Yaqui Wars (1896-1918) Location: Arizona and Mexico 10th Cavalry soldiers holding Yaqui prisoners at their camp in Bear Valley, January 9, 1918.	United States Mexico	Yaqui Pima Opata	Victory
Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) Location: Samoa	Samoa United States	Mataafans Germany	Compromise Allies and Rebels compromise for peace Tripartite Convention United States acquires American Samoa United Kingdom withdraws claim in exchange for concessions in the Solomon Islands Germany acquires German Samoa Mata'afa Iosefo becomes paramount chief of Samoa
Spanish–American War (1898) Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam Battle of Manila Bay painting.	United States Cuba Philippine Republic Katipunan	Spain: Cuba Guam Philippines Puerto Rico	Victory Treaty of Paris Protectorate over Cuba Collapse of the Spanish Empire Generation of '98 among Spanish intellectuals
Philippine–American War (1899–1902) Location: Philippines A group of Filipino combatants are photographed just as they lay down their weapons prior to their surrender.	United States	First Philippine Republic Tagalog Republic Pulajanes Sulu Sultanate Moro Republic of Zamboanga Republic of Negros	Victory Occupation of the Philippines Dissolution of the First Philippine Republic
Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) Philippines Aftermath of the First Battle of Bud Dajo.	United States	Moro Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate	Victory
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China The fall of Tianjin.	United Kingdom Russia Japan France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary	Righteous Harmony Society (Boxers) China	Victory The rebellion was suppressed Signing of the Boxer Protocol Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing

20th century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and/or its Allies
Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909) Location: Oklahoma Creek prisoners of war.	United States	Creek	Victory
Border War (1910–1919) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico–United States border	United States	Mexican Carrancistas Germany	Victory Seditionist insurgency suppressed Battles between Mexican and American forces ceased in 1919 after the American/Carrancista victory in the Battle of Ciudad Juárez Pancho Villa's troops no longer an effective fighting force
Negro Rebellion (1912) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Cuba USS Mississippi in Cuba	Cuba United States	Cuban PIC	Victory Rebellion suppressed Dissolution of the PIC
Occupation of Nicaragua. (1912–1933) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Nicaragua Occupation of Nicaragua	United States Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Liberals Sandinistas	Victory Nicaragua occupied until 1933. Great Depression marked US withdrawal in 1933. Change of regime in Nicaragua.
Bluff War (1914–1915) Location: Utah and Colorado Prisoners of the Bluff War in Thompson, Utah, waiting to board a train for their trial in Salt Lake City.	United States	Ute Paiute	Victory
Occupation of Haiti. (1915–1934) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Haiti Occupation of Haiti	United States Haiti	Haitian Rebels	Victory Haiti occupied
Sugar Intervention (1916–1918) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Cuba	Cuba United States	Liberal Party of Cuba	Victory Uprising quelled.
Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Dominican Republic Occupation of the Dominican Republic.	United States	Dominican Republic	Stalemate Dominican Republic occupied American forces fail to claim traditional victories over rebels and territory
World War I (1917–1918) Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America Two US troops pass by dead German soldiers on a battlefield.	France United Kingdom Russia United States China Italy Japan Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil	Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations
Russian Civil War (1918–1920) Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran US troops march through Russia before the Battle of Romanovka.	White movement British Empire United Kingdom Canada Australia India Japan Czechoslovakia Greece Poland United States France Romania Serbia Italy China	Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian communists	Defeat Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army Victory for pro-independence movements in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland
Posey War (1923) Location: Utah Ute and Paiute prisoners of war.	United States	Ute Paiute	Victory
World War II (1941–1945) Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, North and South America US troops in Okinawa.	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Mongolia Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Philippines Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia Viet Minh KLA	Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang Croatia Slovakia Albania	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Korean War (1950–1953) Part of the Cold War Location: Korea US and South Korean troops in combat.	South Korea United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada Philippines Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand South Africa Thailand Turkey Guatemala	North Korea China Soviet Union	Stalemate North Korean invasions of South Korea repelled Subsequent United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled Subsequent Chinese-North Korean-Soviet invasion of South Korea repelled Korean Armistice Agreement
Lebanon Crisis (1958) Location: Lebanon US Marine sits in a foxhole and points his machine gun toward Beirut.	Lebanon United States	Lebanese Opposition: INM LCP PSP	Victory US-Lebanese occupation of the port and international airport of Beirut Withdrawal of US forces
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War Location: Cuba	United States CDRF	Cuba	Defeat Invasion of Cuba suppressed Failed Castro assassination
Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) Location: Dominican Republic US soldiers arrive in the Dominican Republic.	United States Brazil Honduras Paraguay Nicaragua	Dominican Republic	Victory Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency Election of Joaquín Balaguer.
Vietnam War (1965–1973) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos US soldiers gathered around dead Viet Cong troops.	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Khmer Republic Kingdom of Laos	North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Khmer Issarak Pathet Lao China	Defeat Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam
Shaba II (1978) Location: Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)	Zaire France Belgium United States	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo	Victory
Multinational Force in Lebanon (1982-1984) Part of the Lebanese Civil War Location: Lebanon US Navy ships launch missiles in support of the Lebanese Civil War.	Italy United States France United Kingdom	Islamic Jihad Organization	Victory Multinational forces supervise withdrawal of Palestine Liberation Organization.
Invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War Location: Grenada American soldiers in mortar positions in Grenada.	United States Caribbean Peace Force: List Barbados Jamaica Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States	PRG of Grenada Cuba Military advisors: List Soviet Union North Korea East Germany Bulgaria Libya	Victory Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed Defeat of Cuban military presence Restoration of Constitutional Government
Tanker War (1987–1988) Location: Persian Gulf Iranian frigate Sahand after being attacked by U.S. aircraft.	United States	Iran	Victory Successful operations against Iran during the Iran-Iraq war
Invasion of Panama (1989–1990) Location: Panama U.S. troops prepare to take a neighborhood in Panama City, December 1989.	United States	Panama	Victory Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed.
Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel Aftermath of a bombed US position.	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Qatar Bahrain United Arab Emirates Oman Bangladesh	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber III restored Sanctions against Iraq
Iraqi No-Fly Zones (1991–2003) Location: Iraq US naval vessels launch a series of strikes in support of the Iraqi No-Fly Zone.	United States United Kingdom France Australia Belgium Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey	Iraq	Victory
Somali Civil War (1992–1995) Location: Somalia American soldiers on patrol in Somalia.	United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia	Somalia	Victory UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled. About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance. Civil war is ongoing.
Intervention in Haiti (1994–1995) Location: Haiti US troops arrive in Haiti.	United States Poland Argentina	Haiti	Victory Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president of Haiti.
Bosnian War (1994–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina UN forces deployed in Bosnia.	Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia United States Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom	Republika Srpska YPA Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia FR Yugoslavia	Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Serbia Bombing in Kosovo.	KLA AFRK Albania Croatia United States Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland Spain Turkey United Kingdom	FR Yugoslavia	Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency

21st century wars

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for the United States and/or its Allies
War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Afghanistan US troops on patrol in Afghanistan.	United States Afghanistan ISAF United Kingdom Germany Denmark Italy France Canada Australia New Zealand El Salvador Armenia Georgia Norway Sweden Poland Estonia Romania Turkey Bulgaria Hungary Luxembourg Portugal Austria Jordan Albania Iceland Northern Alliance	Taliban al-Qaeda Mujahideen IMU Haqqani network ETIM Islamic Jihad Union Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Victory Defeat of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Killing of Osama bin Laden Establishment of new Afghan government Creation of new Afghan National Army Return of more than 5.7 million Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran
Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War on Terror Location: Iraq US troops in combat against Iraqi insurgents.	United States Iraq United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Estonia Netherlands Spain Denmark MNF–I	Baath Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups IAI Ansar al-Sunnah Ba'athist Iraq	Victory - see War on ISIL below Invasion and occupation of Iraq Defeat of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq War on ISIL Iraqi Civil War
War in Pakistan (2004–present) Part of the War on Terror Location: Pakistan Airstrike on insurgent forces in Pakistan.	United States Pakistan	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Lashkar-e-Islam Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan East Turkestan Islamic Movement Tehreek-e-Shariat Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing Ongoing insurgency Drone strikes being conducted by military and CIA Large part of FATA under Taliban control. Shifting public support for the Pakistani government Killing of Osama bin Laden Various insurgent groups continue to fight under ISIL allegiance.
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–present) Part of the Insurgency in the Horn of Africa and War on Terror Location: Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Somalia US strike on a Somali pirate vessel.	United States United Kingdom Denmark Netherlands Spain Greece Germany Belgium Canada Italy Portugal Turkey Norway Australia India Japan New Zealand Saudi Arabia Ukraine Somalia South Korea	Somali Pirates	Ongoing NATO operations being conducted.
Libyan Civil War (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis Location: Libya US vessels launch missiles in support of the Libyan Civil War.	NLA Qatar United States Belgium Bulgaria Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Spain Turkey United Kingdom Sweden Jordan United Arab Emirates	Libya	Victory Death of Muammar Gaddafi Overthrow of Gaddafi government Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council (NTC) Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU Post-civil war violence in Libya leads to another full-scale civil war in 2014.
War on ISIL (2014–present) Part of the Iraqi Civil War, Syrian Civil War, Second Libyan Civil War, Boko Haram insurgency, and the War on Terror 'Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya , Nigeria , and Cameroon US airstrikes on ISIL positions in Syria.	United States Iraq United Kingdom Canada Jordan Morocco Australia Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Spain Bahrain Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Syrian Opposition Russia	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant File:Logo of Boko Haram.svg Boko Haram al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar ash-Sham	Ongoing Coalition airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Nigeria Multinational humanitarian effort conducted by various nations. ISIL loses 30% of its territory in Iraq Over 350 Christians are in ISIL captivity. Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee from their homes to escape advancing ISIL forces. Thousands of Syrian and Iraqi civilians killed by ISIL forces. Boko Haram joins ISIL, establishing a presence in Nigeria and surrounding African countries. Arming and support for Iraq and the Syrian Opposition along with various militias opposed to ISIL. ISIL controls over 50% of Syria by May 2015. ISIL presence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and the Philippines.

See also

• List of ongoing armed conflicts
• Timeline of United States military operations
• Timeline of United States at war

External links

• Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
  • Conflict Barometer – Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements
• A Continent Divided: The U.S.-Mexico War, Center for Greater Southwestern Studies, the University of Texas at Arlington
• Timeline of wars involving the United States, Histropedia