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1609 - 1890
A series of wars fought between colonial and US governments and indigenous tribes in North America.
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1792 - 1797
Wars that several European powers fought independently against the French First Republic established after the French Revolution. It was during one of these conflicts that Napoleon Bonaparte emerged.
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1798 - 1802
The second war on revolutionary France by most of the European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples, various German monarchies and Sweden
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1803 - 1815
A series of major conflicts between the French Empire and other European powers in coalitions. Often listed as Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Coalition wars.
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1853 - 1856
Fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance between the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia. The cause was a disagreement over the rights of Christians in the Holy Land.
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1861 - 1865
Fought between the Union forces of the north and the secessionist states of the south. Conflict was primarily over the enslavement of black people. It was the costliest and bloodiest war in US history.
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1870 - 1871
A conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation.
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1880 - 1881
The First Boer War was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and Boers of the Transvaal. The war resulted in a Boer victory and eventual independence of the South African Republic.
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1898
Hostilities between the US and Spain were triggered by an explosion aboard the USS Maine anchored in Havana Harbor.
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1899 - 1913
Period leading up to the First World War
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1899 - 1902
Fought between the British Empire and two Boer states: the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.
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1904 - 1905
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Empires of Japan and Russia Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.
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1914 - 1918
It was described as "the war to end all wars". The first true global war fought on multiple continents and oceans.
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1919 - 1938
The time between the First and Second World Wars.
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1936 - 1939
A prelude to the Second World war that pitted Nationalists (i.e. Fascists) and Monarchists against Republicans and Communists.
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1939 - 1945
Encompassing most countries in the world aligned to two military factions: the Allies and the Axis. The Second World War is the deadliest conflict in human history. It ended with the only time nuclear devices have been used against an enemy.
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1941 - 1944
Conflict between Finland and the Soviet Union. Finland, with the support of Germany attacked Russia in an attempt to regain territory lost in the Winter War.
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1945 - 1954
Began after the end of World War II, when French Colonial forces tried to reassert control over the former French colonies taken by the Japanese.
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1947 - 1991
A period of tension between the Eastern Bloc nations, led by the Soviet Union, and the Western Bloc led by the United States. Several proxy wars were fought indirectly by the super powers.
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1950 - 1953
North Korean attacks South Korea with the support of the Soviet Union and China. The United States and other nations under the banner of the United Nations rush to defend South Korea.
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1955 - 1975
A cold war proxy war fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies.
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1967
Fought between Israel and its neighbors: Jordan, Egypt and Syria. When Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping and mobilized its forces, Israeli launched a preemptive strike on Egyptian airfields.
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1973
Fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. The war took place mostly in the Sinai and the Golan Heights.
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1979 - 1989
Mujahideen fought a long guerilla war against the Soviet backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
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1982
Also known as the Guerra de las Malvinas, was a ten-week conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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1983
Fearing the possibility of American medical students becoming hostages of an increasingly hostile communist government, the US along with other Caribbean states launched an invasion.
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1989 - 1990
Relations between the US and Panama leader Manuel Noriega had deteriorated culminating in the death of a US soldier at the hands of Panamanian forces. The US invaded and deposed Noriega.
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1990 - 1991
Code named Operation Desert Shield in defense of Saudi Arabia from potential attack by Iraq. Later code named Operation Desert Storm in the effort to liberate Kuwait from Iraq.
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1992 - 1995
The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started on 6 April 1992, following several earlier violent incidents. It ended on 14 December 1995 when the Dayton Accords were signed.
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2001 - 2019
US invasion of Afghanistan in response to the terrorist attacks on the US by Al Qaeda. Code named Operation Enduring Freedom.
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2003 - 2011
Invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition which resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein
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2014 - 0
Ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
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