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    • Boxer Rebellion
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    • World War I
    • Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
    • World War II
    • Korean War
    • Vietnam War
    • Bay of Pigs Invasion
    • Invasion of Grenada
    • Invasion of Panama
    • Gulf War
    • Unified Task Force
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      • Bosnian War
      • Kosovo War
  • 21st century wars
    • War in Afghanistan
    • Insurgency in Yemen
    • Iraq War
    • War in North-West Pakistan
    • 2011 military intervention in Libya
    • 2014 military intervention against ISIL
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AMERICAN HISTORY

-18th Century
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  -American Revolutionary War
(1775–1783)  
Victory
  • Treaty of Paris
  • Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America
  • End of the First British Empire

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   -Northwest Indian War
(1785–1793) 
Victory
  • Treaty of Greenville
  • British withdrawal
  • American occupation of the Northwest Territory

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   -Quasi-War
(1798–1800)
Part of the French Revolutionary War
Indecisive
  • Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance
  • End of French privateer attacks on American shipping
  • American neutrality and renunciation of claims against France

-19th Century
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   -First Barbary War
(1801–1805)
Part of the Barbary Wars
Victory
  • Peace treaty

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   -Tecumseh's War
(1811)
Victory
  • Peace treaty

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   -War of 1812
(1812–1815)
Stalemate
  • Treaty of Ghent
  • U.S. nationalism strengthened
  • Defeat of Tecumseh's Confederacy

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   -Second Barbary War
(1815)
Part of the Barbary Wars
Victory
  • Peace treaty


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   -Mexican–American War
(1846–1848)
Victory
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Mexican Cession
  • Mexican recognition of Texas (among other territories) as independent; End of conflict between Mexico and Texas

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   -American Civil War
(1861–1865)
Victory
  • Slavery abolished
  • Territorial integrity preserved
  • Lincoln assassinated five days after Lee's surrender
  • Dissolution of the Confederacy
  • Beginning of the Reconstruction Era

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   -Red Cloud's War
(1866–1868)
Defeat
  • Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
  • Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to Native Americans
  • Creation of the Great Sioux Reservation (including the Black Hills)

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   -Spanish–American War
(1898)
Victory
  • Treaty of Paris
  • Protectorate over Cuba
  • Collapse of the Spanish Empire
  • Generation of '98 among Spanish intellectuals

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   -Philippine–American War
(1899–1902)
Victory
  • Occupation of the Philippines
  • Dissolution of the First Philippine Republic

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   -Boxer Rebellion
(1899–1901)
Victory
  • The rebellion was suppressed
  • Signing of the Boxer Protocol
  • Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing

-20th Century
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   -Border War
(1910–1919)
Both sides claim victory
  • Occupation of Veracruz
  • American military is ordered to withdraw from Mexican territory after the defeat in the Battle of Carrizal
  • General John J. Pershingacknowledges the failure of the American army to meet the objetives of their campaign during the Pancho Villa Expedition
  • Permanent border wall established along the border of Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona, after the Battle of Ambos Nogales
  • Battles between Mexican and American forces ceased in 1919 after the American/Carrancista victory in theBattle of Ciudad Juárez over the Villistas
  • Pancho Villa's troops no longer an effective fighting force
  • Pancho Villa obtains pardon from the Mexican government.

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   -World War I
(1917–1918)
Victory
  • End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires
  • Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East
  • Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers
  • Establishment of the League of Nations

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   -Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
(1918–1920)
Part of the Russian Civil War
Defeat
  • Allied withdrawal from Russia
  • Bolshevik victory over White Army

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   -World War II
(1941–1945)
Victory
  • Collapse of the Third Reich
  • Defeat and dissolution of Vichy France
  • Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires
  • Creation of the United Nations
  • Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
  • Beginning of the Cold War

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   -Korean War
(1950–1953)
Part of the Cold War
Ceasefire
  • Cease-fire armistice
  • North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
  • UN invasion of North Korea repelled
  • Chinese-North Korean-Soviet invasion of South Korea repelled
  • Korean Demilitarized Zoneestablished, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border

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   -Vietnam War
(1955–1973)
Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars
Defeat
  • North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam
  • Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina
  • Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam
  • Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
  • South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam

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Bay of Pigs Invasion
(1961)
Part of the Cold War
Defeat
  • U.S led invasion suppressed.
  • Failed to assassinate Fidel Castro

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   -Invasion of Grenada
(1983)
Part of the Cold War
Victory
  • Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed
  • Defeat of Cuban military presence
  • Restoration of Constitutional Government

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   -Invasion of Panama
(1989–1990)
Victory
  • Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed.

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   -Gulf War
(1990–1991)
Victory
  • Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber III restored
  • Sanctions against Iraq

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   -Unified Task Force
(1992–1993)
Victory
  • UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled.
  • About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance.
  • Civil war in Somalia is still an ongoing conflict.

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   -Bosnian War
(1994–1995)
Stalemate
  • Dayton Accords
  • Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords
  • Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement
  • Massive civilian casualties for theBosniak ethnic group

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   -Kosovo War
(1998–1999)
Victory
  • Kumanovo Treaty
  • Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo
  • KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency

-21st Century
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   -War in Afghanistan
(2001–present)
Ongoing
  • Defeat of the Taliban government in Afghanistan
  • Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Destruction of al-Qaeda camps
  • Killing of Osama bin Laden
  • Establishment of new Afghan government
  • Creation of new Afghan National Army
  • Taliban insurgency
  • Return of more than 5.7 million Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran
  • War in North-West Pakistan

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   -Insurgency in Yemen
(2002–present)
Ongoing
  • U.S began launching drone strikes supporting the Yemeni government in its insurgency against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since the USS Cole bombing in 2002.
  • Through November and December 2014, the U.S launched hostage rescue operations in attempt to rescue 8 Yemeni and 2 American hostages.

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   -Iraq War
(2003–2011)
Victory
  • Invasion and occupation of Iraq
  • Defeat of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein
  • Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war
  • Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security
  • Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government
  • U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
  • Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq
  • Rise of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal and spillover with Syrian Civil War
  • Resurgence of al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria
  • Return of U.S. Forces to Iraq in summer 2014

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   -War in North-West Pakistan
(2004-present)
Ongoing
  • Ongoing insurgency
  • Drone strikes being conducted by military and CIA

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   -2011 military intervention in Libya
(2011)
Victory
  • Overthrow of Gaddafi government
  • Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council (NTC)
  • Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU
  • Post-civil war violence in Libya

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   -2014 military intervention against ISIL
(2014–present)
Ongoing
  • The U.S launches Operation Inherent Resolve
  • 2014 Iraqi intervention against ISIL
  • Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria
  • Multinational humanitarian effort
  • In mid 2014, The U.S launched a rescue mission in Syria in attempt to rescue James Foley and other hostages being held by ISIL.
  • Arming and support for local ground forces
  • 2 American journalists, 1 American humanitarian supporter, 1 American oil worker, 2 British humanitarian supporters, and 1 French tourist executed by ISIL.
  • American-led intervention in Syria
  • Spillover of the Syrian Civil War

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