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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.)
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 ...
Among the issues leading to the war were British impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy, interception of neutral ships and blockades of the United States during British hostilities with France, and support for Indian attacks on American settlers in the Northwest Territory. The war ended with the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
Sixty Years' War: 1754: 1814: 60 years Dutch–Portuguese War: 1598: 1663: 65 years Lelantine War: 710 BC: 650 BC: 60 years Colombian conflict: 1964: Ongoing: 60 years Insurgency in Manipur: 24 November 1964: Ongoing: 60 years, 3 weeks and 4 days Israeli–Lebanese conflict: 14 May 1948: August 18, 2006: 58 years, 3 months and 4 days Naxalite ...
The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I (1998), a standard military history. online free to borrow; Committee on Public Information. How the war came to America (1917) online 840pp detailing every sector of society; Cooper, John Milton. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography (2009) Cooper, John Milton. "The World War and ...
The United States entered into World War I on 6 April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe. Apart from an Anglophile element urging early support for the British and an anti-Tsarist element sympathizing with Germany 's war against Russia , American public opinion had generally reflected a desire to stay out of the war.
Before America entered World War II in December 1941, individual Americans volunteered to fight against the Axis powers in other nations' armed forces. Although under American law, it was illegal for United States citizens to join the armed forces of foreign nations, and in doing so, they lost their citizenship , many American volunteers ...
The total number of soldiers in Europe to be discharged was planned to be 2.25 million between the end of the war in Europe and December 1946. [ 12 ] As departures of soldiers from Europe was to be by units, a massive reshuffling of personnel took place to get soldiers eligible for demobilization into units designated for return to the US and ...