Could someone please tell me all the wars the US has been in, who with, and what it was about, I keep getting?

Question

WW1 and WW2 keep confusing me on which was what?

Answer 1

OK

Revolutionary War Started in 1776 was against England
War of 1812 - England invaded to reclaim this Country
War with Mexico after " The Alamo"
Various Indian Wars
The War between the States - North against South
The Western Indian Wars - pretty much ended with the massacre of the Souix Nation at Wounded Knee
The Spanish American War - We took Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines from the Spanish
The War against the Tagalog Tribe in the Philippines - Caused us to design the 45 Auto in order to stop drugged up warriors that would not go down when shot
WW I - we sided with the English, Canadians, French, Russians, Italians, Japanese and Australians against the Germans, Austrians and Ottoman Empire
WW II - We sided with The English, French, Russians, Canadians and Australians against the Germans, Austrians, Romanians, Italians and Japanese
The Cold War against the Soviet Union
Korean War - We fought North Korea
Vietnamese War - we fought North Vietnam
Then a few small actions we fought Grenada, Panama, Nicaragua and the War on Drugs in South and Central America
Then Gulf War I - Against Iraq
The Somalia and Serbia escapades of the Clinton Administration
And now Gulf War II - Against Iraq
And the ongoing War on Terror with an Enemy with no Country
Has to date involved action in the US, England, Spain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and the Philippines

I may have missed something - but I am close

WW I - was mainly to help our Allies defeat Germany - Purely Political
WW II - was a fear that Hitler would run the world if not stopped

Answer 2

Ok here are the wars that the USA have been in and the time lines.

Timeline
2.1 Colonial wars (1620–1774)
2.2 War of Independence (1775–1783)
2.3 Early national period (1783–1815)
2.4 Continental expansion (1816–1860)
2.5 American Civil War (1861–1865)
2.6 Post-Civil War era (1865–1917)
2.6.1 Indian Wars (1865–1890)
2.6.2 Spanish-American War (1898)
2.6.3 Philippine-American War (1899-1913)
2.6.4 Banana Wars
2.6.5 The Boxer Rebellion
2.7 First World War (1917-1918)
2.8 Between the wars (1918–1941)
2.8.1 Russian Revolution
2.9 Second World War (1941-1945)
2.10 Cold War (1945–1991)
2.10.1 Postwar Military Reorganization (1947)
2.10.2 Korean War
2.10.3 Bay of Pigs Invasion
2.10.4 Dominican Intervention
2.10.5 Vietnam War
2.10.6 Tehran hostage rescue
2.10.7 Grenada
2.10.8 Beirut
2.10.9 Panama
2.11 Post-Cold War era (1991–present)
2.11.1 Gulf War
2.11.2 Somalia
2.11.3 Yugoslavia
2.12 War on Terrorism (2001–present)
2.12.1 Afghanistan
2.12.2 Philippines
2.13 Iraq War (2003-present)
2.14 Border Operation (2006)

any more questions check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States

Answer 3

war for independance 1776,war of 1812 more of war with england,1860 civil war,1890,spanish american war -to get spain out of western hemisphere,started after FISHY story about Battleship maine explosion in havanna harbor(thats how we got GITMO).ww1, 1918, stupid european conflict caused by serb terrorist and too many military support treaties,ww2,1941, caused by depression and harsh terms of the treaty of versilles(see ww1) then 1950 korea,stop communist agression and bail out UN ,then Veitnam,we go into this one because harry truman in 1954(let that sink in 1954-1973 A 19 YEAR CONFLICT) would not give ho chi minn $150,000.00 look it up if you don't believe it.then 1990 iraq to save the kuwattis then 2001 to punish taliban in afganistan then iraq again for who knows why

Answer 4

you forgot about our war with the russians in 1918-19 at the end of ww1. we wanted to support the white russians and stop the oppresion of the communist.