The Wars the US fought

WAR ANI PEACE For nearly half of its relatively brief existence, the United States has been actively involved in armed conflict, whether at home or abroad. Here is a closer look at wars involving ! the U.S. military. When we've fought and who we've fought Length Fought against American Revolution 1775-1783 8. Great Britain years First Barbary War 1801-1805 Tripoli, Algiers, Morocco War of 1812 1812-1815 LOSSES IN TREASURE Great Britain/Canada years 3 Perhaps not surprisingly, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are the most expensive in U.S. history. Here is a look at what major U.S. wars have cost, in 2011 dollars: years Second Barbary War .5 1815 $2.4 years REVOLUTIONARY WAR Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers billion $1.6 WAR OF billion 1812 $2.4 MEXICAN billion WAR War with Mexico 1846-48 $79.7 CIVIL billion WAR Mexico $9 SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR billion years $334 WORLD WAR I billion $4.1 Itrillion 4 WORLD WAR II $341 KOREA years billion American Civil War 1861-1865 $738 VIETNAM billion A Union vs. Confederacy $102 billion PERSIAN GULF -Indian Wars 1865-1891 $810 IRAQ 26 Cavalry forces fought billion years Native American tribes in $600AFGHANISTAN billion several skirmishes, the final major one coming în 1891 $1.4 trillion TOTAL POST-9/11 Spanish-American War 1898 Philippine-American War 1899-1902 year Spain 3. years Filipino revolutionaries Border War 1910-1919 U.SV. forces engaged rebels during Mexican Revolution years World War I 1917-1918 A Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire year AFGHANISTAN REALLY OUR LONGEST WAR? World War II 1941-1945 Japan, Germany, Italy The longest continuous war in U.S. history, depending on whom you ask, is the current war in Afghanistan. However, it can be argued that the Vietnam War was far years Korean War 1950-1953 3. longer. Why the confusion? The U.S. never officially declared war on North Korea, China, Soviet Union North Vietnam, 19 YEARS years Laos or Cambodia, and heavy U.S. fighting didn't start until the '60s. Vietnam War 1964-1975 10 Communist forces, Nov. 1 years 11+ YEARS 10+ YEARS 1955 Including Viet Cong and North Vietnam Apr. 30 1975 October 7 2001 Aug. 4 1964 Apr. 30 1975 Present Persian Gulf War 1990-1991 Afghanistan Vietnam, Vietnam, If it started If it started with troop training in year with the Iraq Gulf of Tonkin 1955 incident in 1964 Iraq War 2003-2011 11 -Afghanistan 2001-present 8. years Iraq, insurgent groups years Taliban, Al-Qaida 750,000 LOSSES IN BLOOD 405,399 116,516 58,220 36,574 Not including armed interventions, such as action in Libya, here are the 13,283 deadliest military actions in U.S. history: 4,435 2,446 Civil War World War II 2,174 World War I Vietnam Korea 383 Mexican War Iraq Revolutionary War Spanish-American War 2,260 War of 1812 Afghanistan Persian Gulf War 4,486 SOURCES: Federation of American Scientists, Congressional Research Service, iCasualties.org , costofwar.com http://www.bestliberalartscolleges.org/