American Wars

First Barbary Wars

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 1805

United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli

Second Barbary Wars

Jan 1, 1815

United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli

Mexican-American War

Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

United States vs. Mexico

Spanish-American War

Period: Apr 25, 1898 to Aug 12, 1898

United States vs. Spain

World War I

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

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.

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia

Korean War

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China

Vietnam War

Period: Dec 1, 1956 to Apr 30, 1975

United States and South Vietnam vs. North Vietnam

Persian Gulf War

Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991

United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq

Invasion of Afghanistan

Period: Oct 7, 2001 to Mar 3, 2014

United States and Coalition Forces vs. the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to fight terrorism.

Invasion of Iraq

Period: Mar 20, 2003 to Dec 15, 2011

United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq