List of wars involving the United States in the 20th century

List of wars involving the United States in the 20th century

This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in the 20th century.

This list is part of a larger series of list articles that cover the various wars involving the United States from its colonial roots to the present. They are:

For the criteria of what may be permitted on this list, see Lists of wars involving the United States.

20th-century wars

List of wars involving the United States in the 20th century

<table><thead><tr><th>Conflict</th><th>Allies</th><th>Opponent(s)</th><th>Result for the United States and its Allies</th><th>Presidents of the United States</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Crazy Snake's War (1909) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma</td><td>United States</td><td>Creek</td><td>US victory</td><td>Theodore Roosevelt (September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909)</td></tr><tr><td>Mexican Border War (1910–1919) Part of the Mexican Revolution, the Banana Wars, and World War I Location: Mexico–United States border</td><td>United States</td><td>Mexico Supported by:</td><td>US victory</td><td>William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921)</td></tr><tr><td>Little Race War (1912) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Cuba</td><td>Cuba United States</td><td>Cuban PIC</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913)</td></tr><tr><td>United States occupation of Nicaragua (1912–1933) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Nicaragua</td><td>United States Nicaragua</td><td>Nicaraguan Liberals Sandinistas</td><td>US victory</td><td>William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913) Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923) Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929) Herbert Hoover (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933)</td></tr><tr><td>Bluff War (1914–1915) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Utah and Colorado</td><td>United States</td><td>Ute Paiute</td><td>US victory</td><td>Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921)</td></tr><tr><td>United States occupation of Veracruz (1914) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico</td><td>United States Supported by:</td><td>Mexico Supported by:</td><td>US victory</td><td>Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921)</td></tr><tr><td>United States occupation of Haiti (1915–1934) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Haiti</td><td>United States Haiti</td><td>Haitian Rebels</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923) Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929) Herbert Hoover (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933) Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945)</td></tr><tr><td>United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Dominican Republic</td><td>United States</td><td>Dominican Republic</td><td>US victory</td><td>Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923) Calvin Coolidge (August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929)</td></tr><tr><td>World War I (1914–1918, direct U.S. involvement in 1917–1918) Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America Specific locations where the United States was involved in battles or attacks during World War I: Atlantic Ocean, Belgium, France, Italy</td><td>French Republic British Empire  Kingdom of Italy  United States (from 1917) Russian Empire (until 1917)  Empire of Japan  Kingdom of Serbia  Kingdom of Montenegro  Kingdom of Romania  Kingdom of Greece  Belgium  Portugal  Republic of Armenia Sultanate of Egypt Idrisid Emirate of Asir Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Kingdom of Hejaz Republic of China Siam  Brazil</td><td> German Empire  Austro-Hungarian Empire  Ottoman Empire  Tsardom of Bulgaria</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921)</td></tr><tr><td>Russian Civil War (1917–1922, direct U.S. involvement in 1918–1920) Part of the Russian Revolution, the revolutions of 1917–1923 and the aftermath of World War I Location: Russia</td><td> White Movement Mountain Republic Makhnovshchina Right SRs Left SRs Green armies Czechoslovakia British Empire Empire of Japan  Kingdom of Greece United States French Republic  Kingdom of Serbia  Romania  Italy Poland  Estonia  Latvia  China Mongolia</td><td>Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Mongolian Communists Makhnovshchina Left SRs Green armies</td><td>Bolshevik victory</td><td>Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921)</td></tr><tr><td>Turkish War of Independence (U.S. involvement) (1919–1922) Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 in the aftermath of World War I and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Location: Turkey</td><td>Allied powers:  Greece French Republic British Empire United States  Armenia Japan Istanbul Government  Georgia Separatists: Pontic Greek rebels Kurdish rebels Assyrian rebels Green Army</td><td>Turkish Nationalists: Ankara Government (1919–1920; 1920–1923) Also: Supported by:</td><td>Turkish victory</td><td>Woodrow Wilson (May 15, 1919 – March 4, 1921) Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 – July 24, 1923</td></tr><tr><td>Posey War (1923) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Utah</td><td>United States</td><td>Ute Paiute</td><td>US victory</td><td>Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923)</td></tr><tr><td>World War II (1939–1945, direct U.S. involvement in 1941–1945) Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, Oceania, North and South America Specific locations where the United States was involved in battles or attacks during World War II: Algeria, Aruba, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Austria, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma, Caribbean Sea, China, Christmas Island, Coral Sea, Croatia, Czech Republic, East China Sea, Egypt, Federated States of Micronesia, France, Germany, Greenland, Gulf of Mexico, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Java Sea, Kiribati, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Manchukuo, Marshall Islands, Mediterranean Sea, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, Norway, Pacific Ocean, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Philippine Sea, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Solomon Sea, South China Sea, Soviet Union, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, United States (Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Midway Atoll, Northern Mariana Islands, Wake Island)</td><td>Allies: French Republic British Empire United States (from 1941) Soviet Union (from 1941)  Republic of China Kingdom of the South (from 1943) Republic of Poland Free City of Danzig Czechoslovak Republic  Kingdom of Yugoslavia  Kingdom of Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Republic of Cuba  Turkey (from 1945) Republic of Haiti Argentina Brazil Mexico Chile Peru United States of Venezuela  Liberia  Kingdom of Egypt  Pahlavi Iran (from 1943)  Ethiopian Empire  Union of South Africa Sultanate of Muscat and Oman  Kingdom of Nepal  Mongolian People's Republic  Tannu Tuva (until 1944) Commonwealth of the Philippines Korean Provisional Government</td><td>Axis:  Nazi Germany  Empire of Japan  Kingdom of Italy (until 1943)  Italian Social Republic (from 1943)  Kingdom of Hungary  Kingdom of Romania (until 1944) Slovak Republic  Tsardom of Bulgaria (until 1944)  Independent State of Croatia  Finland (until 1944)  French State (until 1944) Hellenic State Quisling's Norway  Manchukuo  Mengjiang RNG China  Thailand Philippine Republic Empire of Vietnam Kingdom of Luang Prabang Kingdom of Kampuchea State of Burma Free India  Kingdom of Iraq Non-Axis: Soviet Union (until 1941) Francoist Spain  Switzerland</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945) Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953)</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Beleaguer (1945–1949) Part of the Chinese Civil War and the Cold War Location: Hebei and Shandong provinces, China</td><td>United States  Republic of China</td><td>Chinese Communist Party</td><td>Inconclusive/Other Result</td><td>Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953)</td></tr><tr><td>Greek Civil War (1946–1949) Part of the Cold War Location: Greece</td><td>Kingdom of Greece Supported by: United Kingdom United States</td><td>Provisional Democratic Government Supported by: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia People's Republic of Bulgaria People's Republic of Albania Soviet Union</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953)</td></tr><tr><td>Jeju uprising (U.S. involvement) (1948–1949) Part of the Cold War Location: Jeju Island, South Korea</td><td>United States South Korea</td><td>Workers' Party of South Korea</td><td>Uprising suppressed</td><td>Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953)</td></tr><tr><td>Berlin Blockade (1948–1949) Part of the Cold War Location: Germany</td><td>United States United Kingdom  France Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa</td><td>Soviet Union</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953)</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Valuable (1949–1956) Part of the Cold War Location: Albania</td><td>United States United Kingdom France NATO Separatists: KEVA Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Poland</td><td>People's Republic of Albania</td><td>Communist victory</td><td>Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency (1950–1954) Part of the Cold War Location: Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.</td><td>United States</td><td>Puerto Rican Nationalist Party</td><td>United States victory</td><td>Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>Korean War (1950–1953) Part of the Cold War and the Korean conflict Location: Korea</td><td>South Korea United Nations United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada France Philippines  Colombia  Ethiopian Empire  Kingdom of Greece  Luxembourg  Netherlands  New Zealand  Spanish State  Union of South Africa  Thailand  Turkey</td><td>North Korea China Soviet Union Supported by:</td><td>Inconclusive/Other Result</td><td>Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>Air battle over Merklín (1953) Part of the Cold War Location: Czechoslovakia</td><td>United States</td><td>Czechoslovak Republic</td><td>Czechoslovak victory</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955) Part of the Cold War and the Chinese Civil War Location: Taiwan Strait</td><td>Republic of China United States</td><td>People's Republic of China</td><td>Inconclusive/Other Result</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>Vietnam War (1955–1964, 1965–1973, 1974–1975) Part of the Cold War and the Indochina Wars Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos</td><td>South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Kingdom of Laos Khmer Republic</td><td>North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China Soviet Union North Korea Supported by:</td><td>North Vietnam-allied victory</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961) John F. Kennedy (January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon (January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974) Gerald Ford (August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977)</td></tr><tr><td>Permesta Rebellion (1958–1961) Location: Indonesia</td><td>Permesta United States</td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Indonesian government victory</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower' (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>Lebanon crisis (1958) Part of the Cold War Location: Lebanon</td><td>Lebanon United States</td><td>Lebanese opposition:</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958) Part of the Cold War and the Chinese Civil War Location: Taiwan Strait</td><td>Republic of China United States</td><td>People's Republic of China</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>Tibetan uprising (1959) Part of the Cold War and the CIA Tibetan program Location: Tibet Area, China</td><td>Tibetan Army Chushi Gangdruk Supported by: Republic of China United States</td><td>People's Republic of China</td><td>US-allied defeat</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961)</td></tr><tr><td>Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) Part of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Indochina Wars Location: Laos</td><td>Kingdom of Laos United States South Vietnam Thailand Taiwan</td><td>Pathet Lao North Vietnam Supported by:</td><td>Pathet Lao-allied victory</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961) John F. Kennedy (January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon (January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974) Gerald Ford (August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977)</td></tr><tr><td>Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996) Part of the Cold War and the Central American crisis Location: Guatemala</td><td>Guatemala Supported by: United States Argentina</td><td>Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Guatemalan Party of Labour Revolutionary Movement 13th November Rebel Armed Forces Guerrilla Army of the Poor Revolutionary Organization of Armed People Supported by: Cuba Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Nicaragua</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961) John F. Kennedy (January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon (January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974) Gerald Ford (August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977) Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981) Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989) George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)</td></tr><tr><td>Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War and the Consolidation of the Cuban Revolution Location: Cuba</td><td>CDRF United States</td><td>Cuba</td><td>Cuban government victory</td><td>John F. Kennedy (January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963)</td></tr><tr><td>Berlin Crisis (1961) Part of the Cold War Location: Germany</td><td>United States West Germany Supported by: NATO</td><td>Soviet Union East Germany Supported by: Warsaw Pact</td><td>Inconclusive/Other Result</td><td>John F. Kennedy (January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963)</td></tr><tr><td>Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Part of the Cold War Location: Cuba</td><td>United States United Kingdom France Italy Turkey</td><td>Soviet Union Cuba</td><td>Inconclusive/Other Result</td><td>John F. Kennedy (January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963)</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Dragon Rouge (1964) Part of the Simba Rebellion during the Congo Crisis and the Decolonization of Africa during the Cold War Location: Stanleyville, Congo-Léopoldville</td><td>United States Belgium Supported by: Democratic Republic of the Congo</td><td>Simba rebels</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969)</td></tr><tr><td>Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) Part of the Cold War Location: Dominican Republic</td><td>Dominican Loyalists United States IAPF</td><td>Dominican Constitutionalists</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969)</td></tr><tr><td>Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969) Part of the Cold War and the Korean conflict Location: Korean Demilitarized Zone</td><td>South Korea United States</td><td>North Korea</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon (January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974)</td></tr><tr><td>Ñancahuazú Guerrilla Campaign (1966–1967) Part of the Cold War Location: Bolivia</td><td>Bolivia United States</td><td>National Liberation Army of Bolivia Cuba</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969)</td></tr><tr><td>Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) Part of the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Sino-Soviet Split Location: Cambodia</td><td>Kingdom of Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975) United States South Vietnam Supported by:</td><td>National United Front of Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Khmer Rumdo Khmer Việt Minh North Vietnam Việt Cộng Supported by:</td><td>Khmer Rouge-allied victory</td><td>Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969) Richard Nixon (January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974) Gerald Ford (August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977)</td></tr><tr><td>US involvement in Angolan Civil War (1975–2002) Part of the Cold War and the Angolan Civil War Location: Angola</td><td>Democratic People's Republic of Angola South Africa Zaire FLEC Supported by: United States</td><td>People's Republic of Angola/Republic of Angola Cuba SWAPO ANC Executive Outcomes FLNC Namibia Supported by: Soviet Union East Germany North Korea</td><td>MPLA victory</td><td>Gerald Ford (August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977) Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981) Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989) George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001) George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)</td></tr><tr><td>Contra War (1979–1990) Part of the Cold War and the Central American crisis Location: Nicaragua</td><td>Contras Supported by: United States Costa Rica Israel Saudi Arabia Taiwan Honduras Panama Chile Argentina Colombia Imperial State of Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Brazil Brunei Polish People's Republic Socialist Republic of Romania Portugal</td><td>Nicaragua Supported by: Soviet Union Costa Rica Libya Mexico Cuba People's Republic of Bulgaria Czechoslovak Socialist Republic East Germany Hungarian People's Republic Polish People's Republic North Korea PLO Algeria France Sweden Chile Venezuela Canada</td><td>Inconclusive/Other Result</td><td>Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981) Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989) George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)</td></tr><tr><td>Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992) Part of the Cold War and the Central American crisis Location: El Salvador</td><td>El Salvador Supported by: United States</td><td>Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Supported by: Soviet Union Cuba Ethiopia Nicaragua</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981) Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989) George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Cyclone (1979–1992) Part of the Cold War, Soviet–Afghan War, Afghan Civil War (1989–1992), Raids inside the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War, and the Afghan conflict Location: Afghanistan</td><td>Afghan mujahideen Supported by: United States Israel United Kingdom  Switzerland People's Republic of China Saudi Arabia Kuwait Libya Egypt Pakistan Turkey</td><td> Afghanistan Soviet Union</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981) Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989) George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Eagle Claw (1980) Part of the Iran hostage crisis Location: Iran</td><td>United States</td><td>Iran</td><td>Iranian victory</td><td>Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981)</td></tr><tr><td>Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) Part of the Gulf of Sidra incidents and the Cold War Location: Gulf of Sidra, Mediterranean Sea</td><td>United States</td><td>Libya</td><td>US victory</td><td>Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)</td></tr><tr><td>Multinational intervention in Lebanon (1982–1984) Location: Lebanon</td><td>Lebanese Armed Forces UNIFIL Multinational Force in Lebanon: Israel Lebanese Front Army of Free Lebanon SLA</td><td>Lebanese National Movement Jammoul PLO Amal Movement Iran Hezbollah Islamic Jihad Organization Islamic Unification Movement Syria Arab Deterrent Force</td><td>Syrian-allied victory</td><td>Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)</td></tr><tr><td>United States invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War Location: Grenada</td><td>United States Barbados Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</td><td>PRG of Grenada Cuba Soviet Union</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Prairie Fire (1986) Part of the Gulf of Sidra incidents and the Cold War Location: Gulf of Sidra, Mediterranean Sea</td><td>United States</td><td>Libya</td><td>US victory</td><td>Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)</td></tr><tr><td>Bombing of Libya (1986) Part of the Cold War Location: Libya</td><td>United States</td><td>Libya</td><td>Inconclusive</td><td>Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)</td></tr><tr><td>Tanker War (1987–1988) Part of the Iran–Iraq War Location: Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman</td><td>United States</td><td>Iran</td><td>US victory</td><td>Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Golden Pheasant (1988) Part of the Cold War and the Contra War Location: Honduras</td><td>United States Honduras</td><td>Nicaragua</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)</td></tr><tr><td>Air battle near Tobruk (1989) Part of the Gulf of Sidra incidents and the Cold War Location: Mediterranean Sea</td><td>United States</td><td>Libya</td><td>US victory</td><td>Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989)</td></tr><tr><td>United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990) Part of the Cold War and the war on drugs Location: Panama</td><td>United States Panamanian Opposition</td><td>Panama</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)</td></tr><tr><td>Gulf War (1990–1991) Part of the Cold War Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf and Israel</td><td>United States United Kingdom Kuwait Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Qatar Bahrain United Arab Emirates Oman</td><td>Iraq</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)</td></tr><tr><td>Iraqi No-Fly Zone Enforcement Operations (1991–2003) Part of the prelude to the Iraq War Location: Iraq</td><td>United States United Kingdom France Australia Belgium Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey Italy</td><td>Iraq</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001) George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)</td></tr><tr><td>First U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1992–1995) Part of the Somali Civil War and the United Nations Operation in Somalia II mission Location: Somalia</td><td>United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia New Zealand</td><td>Somali National Alliance</td><td>Somali victory</td><td>George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)</td></tr><tr><td>NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995) Part of the Bosnian War and Yugoslav Wars Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>Bosnia and Herzegovina NATO</td><td>Republika Srpska Republic of Serbian Krajina Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)</td></tr><tr><td>Intervention in Haiti (1994–1995) Location: Haiti</td><td>United States Poland Argentina</td><td>Haiti</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)</td></tr><tr><td>Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995–1996) Part of the Chinese Civil War Location: Taiwan Strait</td><td>Republic of China United States</td><td>People's Republic of China</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)</td></tr><tr><td>Monrovia clashes (1998) Part of the aftermath of the First Liberian Civil War and the build up to the Second Liberian Civil War Location: Liberia</td><td>Liberia Limited involvement: United States Nigeria</td><td>Liberia</td><td>US victory for its purposes</td><td>Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)</td></tr><tr><td>Operation Infinite Reach (1998) Part of the Afghan conflict, the Prelude to the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), and the Second Sudanese Civil War Location: Sudan and Afghanistan</td><td>United States</td><td>al-Qaeda Pakistan Sudan</td><td>al–Qaeda victory</td><td>Bill Clinton (January 20,1993 – January 20, 2001)</td></tr><tr><td>NATO intervention in Kosovo War (1999) Part of the Kosovo War and Yugoslav Wars Location: Serbia and Kosovo</td><td>KLA NATO</td><td>Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</td><td>US-allied victory</td><td>Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)</td></tr></tbody></table>