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  2. List of the lengths of United States participation in wars

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    War in the context of this list is broadly construed to be a direct armed conflict between organized U.S. military forces and organized forces of (a) belligerent(s). (Note: Ongoing wars are indicated in bold and with red bars.)

  3. List of conflicts by duration - Wikipedia

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    Mexican-American War: 25 April 1846 2 February 1848 1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day Ottoman-Hotaki War: 20 November 1726: 15 October 1727: 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days Toyota War: 16 December 1986: 11 September 1987: 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days Gulf War: 2 August 1990: 28 February 1991: 6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days Spanish-American War: 21 ...

  4. List of wars involving the United States - Wikipedia

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    US-allied victory - The American Revolution started as a civil war within the British Empire. [nb 1] It became a larger international war in 1778 once France joined. [nb 2] Treaty of Paris (1783) Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America and the Thirteen Colonies. President of the Continental Congress in American ...

  5. America's longest war: 20 years of missteps in Afghanistan - AOL

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    America's longest war is nearing its end, with a loss to the enemy it defeated in Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, shock that the government and military it supported collapsed so quickly and ...

  6. America's Longest War Comes to an End - AOL

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    America's longest war is over with U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. Nearly twenty years since U.S. boots were first put on the ground and overthrew the Taliban – all but one region of the country ...

  7. War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    It was the longest war in the military history of the United States, surpassing the length of the Vietnam War (1955–1975) by approximately six months. Following the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban immediately extradite al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to the United States; the Taliban refused to do so ...

  8. List of battles with most United States military fatalities

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    The origins of the U.S. military can be traced to the Americans' fight for independence from their former colonial power, Great Britain, in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). The three bloodiest conflicts have been American Civil War (1861–1865), World War I (1917–1918), and World War II (1941–1945 for declared American ...

  9. Declaration of war by the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States' longest war, against the Taliban in Afghanistan, began in 2001 and ended with the withdrawal of American troops on 31 August 2021. [ 49 ] The Indian Wars comprise at least 28 conflicts and engagements.