 Kosovo |
Mar. 1999-Jun. 1999
- Operation Allied Force was launched in an effort to end the ethnic cleansing
in the former Yugoslavia. |
| Somalia |
1992-1994 - A US-led
coalition attempted to assist the Somali people by facilitating the delivery
of food and medicine to get past the warring clans. |
| The
Gulf War |
Jan.-Feb. 1991 - The
US and its allies drove Iraq out of Kuwait in the war that was widely covered
by the media and saw the introduction of "smart" bombs. |
| Panama |
1989-1990 - The war
on drugs sent American troops into Panama in order to capture drug trafficker
Manuel Noriega. |
| Invasion
of Grenada |
Oct.-Dec. 1983 - US
Marines and Army Rangers overthrew the communist regime of this West Indies
island.
|
Vietnam
War
|
1959-1975 - A controversial war for America in which the US attempted
to assist South Vietnam in defending itself from the Communist North. |
| Korean
War |
1950-1953 - Fierce fighting marked this conflict against communism
that ended in a stalemate and left Korea divided. |
| Cold
War |
Tensions after World War II between the US and the Soviet Union resulted
in a massive buildup of nuclear weapons for over 40 years. |
| World
War II |
1939-1945 - The Allied powers defeated the aggressive Axis powers
-- Germany, Italy and Japan -- in the most destructive conflict in world
history. |
| Pancho
Villa Expedition |
1916-1917 - After the
revolutionary Pancho Villa invaded US territory, the American military headed
south through Mexico in order to bring him to justice. |
| World
War I |
1914-1918 - American forces joined in the conflict against Germany
in the war that is remembered for the trenches and gas attacks. |
| Boxer
Rebellion |
1900-1901 - US troops
joined a multinational force in order to stop the terrorist activities of
the I Ho Ch'uan in China.
|
| Philippine
Insurrection |
1899-1902 - American forces suppressed the revolution in the Philippines
in a war that lasted longer than the one that was fought to gain them.
|
| Spanish-American
War |
Apr.-Aug. 1898 - The US gained Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam,
establishing itself as an imperial power with the defeat of Spain.
|
| The
Indian Wars |
A series of conflicts was fought between European settlers and the
Native Americans, culminating in the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890.
|
| Civil
War |
1861-1865 - Brother fought against brother in the war between the
states, as the Confederacy sought to split from the Union. |
| Mexican
War |
1846-1848 - The US achieved its "manifest destiny" as the war with
Mexico resulted in a border that stretched to the Pacific. |
| Texas
War for Independence |
1835-1836 - American
settlers revolted against the Mexican government, establishing the Independent
Republic of Texas.
|
| War
of 1812 |
1812-1815 - A young nation rose against the British, establishing
its right to trade at sea, although it failed to expand into Canada.
|
| Tripolitan
War |
1801-1805 - The US asserted
itself against the Pirates of the Barbary Coast and deployed the Marines
for the first time. |
| American
Revolution |
1775-1783 - The colonies in North America rebelled against Britain,
creating an independent nation that would change the course of world history.
|
| Colonial
Wars |
1689-1763 - A series
of wars, (including the French and Indian War) between France and Britain
spread through their respective colonies in North America and established
Britain's supremacy in the New World.
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