Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day 2013

American Involvement in Wars
1675 - 1676 King Philip's War New England Colonies vs. Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians.
1689-1697 King William's War The English Colonies vs. France
1702-1713 Queen Anne's War The English Colonies vs. France.
1744-1748 King George's War The French Colonies vs. Great Britain.
1756-1763 French and Indian War  The French Colonies vs. Great Britain.
1759-1761 Cherokee War English Colonists vs. Cherokee Indians
1775-1783 American Revolution English Colonists vs. Great Britain
1798-1800 Franco-American Naval War United States vs. France
1801-1805;1815 Barbary Wars United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.
1812-1815 War of 1812 United States vs. Great Britain.
1813-1814 Creek War United States vs. Creek Indians.
1836 War of Texas Independence Texas vs. Mexico.
1846-1848 Mexican-American War United States vs. Mexico.
1861-1865 U.S. Civil War Union vs. Confederacy.
1898 Spanish-American War.
1914-1918 World War I Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
1939-1945 World War II Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia.
1950-1953 Korean War United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China.
1960-1975 Vietnam War United States and South Vietnam vs. North Vietnam.
1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion United States vs. Cuba.
1983 Grenada United States Intervention.
1989 US Invasion of Panama, United States vs. Panama.
1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq.
1995-1996 Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia.
2001 Invasion of Afghanistan, United States and Coalition Forces vs. the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to fight terrorism.
2003 Invasion of Iraq, United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq.
Pic: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Stogie's Iraq Wall here

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