- King Philip’s War (July 4, 1675-August 12, 1676): New England Colonies vs Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians
- King William’s War (1689-1697): English Colonies vs France
- Queen Anne’s War - War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713): French Colonies vs Great Britain
- King George’s War - War of Austrian Succession (1744-1748): French Colonies vs Great Britain
- French & Indian War - Seven Years War (1756-1763): French Colonies vs Great Britain
- Cherokee War (1759-1761): English Colonies vs Cherokee Indians
- American Revolution (1775-1783): English Colonists vs Great Britain
- Franco-American Naval War ((1798-1800): United States vs France
- Barbary Wars (1801-1805; 1815): United States vs Morocco, Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
- War of 1812 (1812-1815): United States vs Great Britain
- Creek War (1813-1814): United States vs Creek Indians
- War of Texas Independence (1836): Texas vs Mexico
- Mexican-American War (1846-1848): Unites States vs Mexico
- U.S. Civil War (1861-1865): United States vs Confederacy
- Spanish-American War (1898): United States vs Spain
- World War I (1914-1918): Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary vs Triple Entente: Britain, France & Russia. The U.S. joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
- World War II (1939-1945): Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France & Russia
- Korean War (1950-1953): United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs North Korea & Communist China
- Vietnam War (1960-1975): United States & South Vietnam vs North Vietnam
- Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961): United States vs Cuba
- Grenada (1983): United States Intervention
- US Invasion of Panama (1989): United States vs Panama
- Persian Gulf War (1990-1991): Unites States & Coalition Forces vs Iraq
- Intervention in Bosnia & Herzegovina (1995-1996): United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia
- Invasion of Afghanistan (2001): U.S. and Coalition Forces vs the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to fight terrorism.
- Invasion of Iraq (2003): U.S. & Coalition Forces vs Iraq
- Source: The New York Public Library Desk Reference, 3rd Edition
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