United States Battles

 
U.S. Occupation of Vera Cruz 1914 Inter-State War Mexico
Pershing's Raid Into Mexico 1916-1917 Inter-State, Border War Mexican Government & Mexican Rebels ("Bandits")
World War I 1917-1918 (American involvement only) Inter-State War Germany
Allied Intervention in Russian Civil War 1919-1921 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Russian Bolshevik (Soviet) Government
World War II 1941-1945 (American involvement only) Inter-State War Germany, Japan & Italy
The Cold War 1945-1991 Global Inter-State Cold War The Soviet Union & Communist China
The Korean War 1950-1953 Inter-State War North Korea & China
The Second Indochina War "Vietnam War" 1956-1975 Civil War, Inter-State War North Vietnam & South Vietnamese "Viet Cong" Rebels
U.S. Intervention in Lebanon 1958 Civil War & Foreign Intervention No real foe for U.S. Troops landed to support Lebanon Gov.
Dominican Intervention 1965 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Rebels in the Dominican Republic
The Mayaguez Rescue Operation
News Story
1975 (May 15) Hostage Rescue & Inter-State Conflict Khmer Rouge Guerrillas (the new government of Cambodia)
Iranian HostageCrisis and Rescue Attempt-- "Desert One" or "Operation Eagle Claw" 1980 (April 25) Hostage Rescue & Inter-State Conflict Iran
U.S. Libya Conflict 1981, 1986 Inter-State War Libya
U.S. Intervention in Lebanon 1982-1984 Civil War,Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Syria & Various Muslim and Leftist Lebanese Militias
U.S. Invasion of Grenada 1983 Inter-State War Marxist Grenadian Faction & Cuba
The Tanker War
"Operation Earnest Will"
1987-1988 Inter-State War Iran
U.S. Invasion of Panama 1989 Inter-State War Panama
Second Persian Gulf War "Operation Desert Storm" 1991 Inter-State War Iraq
"No-Fly Zone" War 1991-2003 Inter-State War Iraq
U.S. Intervention in Somalia 1992-1994 Civil War & Foreign Intervention Various Somali Militias
 NATO Intervention in Bosnia (Operation Deliberate Force) Summary 1994-1995 Civil War,Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Bosnian Serb Rebels
U.S. Occupation of Haiti 1994 Foreign Intervention Haitian Government
U.S. Embassy bombings and strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (The bin Laden War) August, 1998 Terrorist Conflict The embassy bombings in August, 1998 by Osama bin Laden caused hundreds of deaths in Kenya and Tanzania. The U.S. retaliated by launching Tomahawk Cruise Missiles at suspected terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan.
"Desert Fox" Campaign (part of U.S./Iraq Conflict) December, 1998 Inter-State War Iraq
Kosovo War
Kosovo Links
1999 Civil War, Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War Yugoslavia/Serbia
Attack on the USS Cole October 12, 2000 Terrorist Conflict Terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden
Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon September 11, 2001 Terrorist Conflict Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization
Afghanistan War (Operation Enduring Freedom) October 7, 2001-Present War against Terrorism The Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaida organization
Third Persian Gulf War "Operation Iraqi Freedom" March 19, 2003-Present Inter-State War Iraq
Intervention in Haiti March, 2004 Foreign Intervention in a civil conflict Haiti
Intervention in Somali Civil War (aiding Ethiopia and the Transitional Government of Somalia during the Ethiopian intervention in the Somali Civil War) Dec., 2006-Present Foreign Intervention in a civil conflict The Islamic Courts Union and Al-Qaida
 - 95 Years Later -
The US Debt is $1 Trillion
Loss of lives from all countries due to wars = 1 Trillion +  people

U.S. Veterans have faught for your Rights

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