Dates
|
War
in Which American Colonists or
United States Citizens Officially Participated
|
Major
Combatants |
July 4, 1675
-
August 12, 1676 |
King Philip's
War |
New England
Colonies vs. Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians |
| 1689-1697 |
King William's
War |
The English
Colonies vs. France |
| 1702-1713 |
Queen Anne's
War |
The English
Colonies vs. France |
| 1744-1748 |
King George's
War |
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 Indians |
| 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 Indians |
| 1836 |
War
of Texas Independence |
Texas vs.
Mexico |
| 1846-1848 |
Mexican War |
United States
vs. Mexico |
| 1861-1865 |
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 |
US 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 peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia |
| 2003 |
Invasion of Iraq
|
United
States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq |
| 