when was the last time america was invaded?

Question

as in, foreign country comes in, has a long term battle plan, not like 9/11 where it is not a consistent effort

Answer 1

If people above me won't accept the Mexican War or the Invasion of Alaska by the Japanese, the last invasion of the United States was the Civil War. The Confederates invaded the Northern States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Maryland and I think 2 other states. The civil war is the single largest loss of American life in the history of the United States. Both sides were Americans. If you were wounded you had a 25% of survival.

Answer 2

the War of 1812 ... England invaded the United States and captured Washington DC, and New Orleans (for a brief period). Other than that you can only really count the Bandito rebellions in the South-Western United States in the latter 1900's although this doesn't meet your criterion since they were not a legitimate fighting force of a sovereign foreign country. The Mexican invasion of the Texas Republic also does not count, because at the time Texas was not part of the United States ...

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Pancho Villa was an outlaw ... not a foreign army. And Alaska was not a state during WWII ... that happened afterwards. It's status at the time was similar to that of Puerto Rico today ... if some country invaded Puerto Rico you wouldn't say they "invaded the United States.

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Okay, counting the Japanese occupation of a tiny unpopulated Aluetian island (in a chain of hundreds of islands) is not only fallacious, it is completely anachronistic. If we're going to count the Aleutian Islands then you also have to count the Philipines (at the time the Phillipines had the same legal status as Alaska in the United States -- the difference ... Alaska became a state later). Then we could also count Cuba ... we used to control that too.

If you're going to argue history at least get your facts straight ... there is a big difference between invading a territory of the United States, and invading the United States. Also you need to differentiate between a coordinated and concerted effort by a legitimate foreign power, and the actions of rogue elements and outlaw groups (they are not the same thing).

The last time the United States was invaded was in 1812 ... the British captured and burned our Capital ... not some tiny uninhabited island of dirt and rock. There is a MAJOR difference between the two ...

Why is it so many people have such a contorted and convenient memory of history ...?

Answer 3

Since everyone (or nearly so) is arguing for the War of 1812, I'm going to argue the Civil War. That's right, you heard me, America was invaded by...ummmm....fellow Americans.

The CSA may not have been a de facto state. It was not granted independence nor was its independence recognized by any foreign nation. But it did have de jure indpendence. That is, the United States had no practical control over what happened in Montgomery, Alabama or any other Confederate area until that particular sector came under control of Union forces.

I believe it can be argued that the CSA constituted a foreign power, not foreign as in a different culture and different language, but foreign in that it was a nation that the United States had no control over and was acting independent of the laws of the US.

Answer 4

Though traditional wisdom says the war of 1812, one can make a case for the Mexican American war in 1846. The newly annexed state of Texas was still considered a rebel state by Mexico, and a state by America. In April of 1846, a 2000 strong army of Mexicans invaded the disputed territory just North of the Rio Grande and laid siege on Fort Brown (modern day Nueces) until Zachary Taylor relieved the fort.

The conflict resulted in American annexing nearly 500,000 square miles.

Answer 5

WW2 in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska by the Japanese.

Poncho Villa In 1916 he raided Columbus, New Mexico. This act provoked the unsuccessful Punitive Expedition commanded by General John J. Pershing, which failed to capture Villa after a year in pursuit.

Answer 6

Pancho Villa (ousted Mexican leader) conducted an invasion of Columbus, NM in 1916 with about 500 soldiers. General Pershing was sent with 4,800 men to repel the invasion and capture or kill Pancho Villa. Pershing spent 11 months on the border and in N. Mexico and was unable to deter the raids.

Answer 7

During world war II the Japanese invaded the Aleutian Islands off of Alaska in the Midway campaign of june 1942. They were occuiped until almost 1945

Answer 8

A Spanish guy called Cortes (got to upset the Aztecs a tiny bit if I remember correctly)

Answer 9

I think when the British came to the USA and declared that nobody else could come here without their authorization

Answer 10

1812