SOUTH
DAKOTA
1890 (-?)
Troops
300 Lakota
Indians massacred at Wounded
Knee.
ARGENTINA
1890
Troops
Buenos Aires
interests protected.
CHILE
1891
Troops
Marines clash
with nationalist rebels.
HAITI
1891
Troops
Black workers
revolt on U.S.-claimed Navassa Island defeated.
IDAHO
1892
Troops
Army suppresses
silver miners' strike.
HAWAII
1893 (-?)
Naval, troops
Independent
kingdom overthrown, annexed.
CHICAGO
1894
Troops
Breaking
of rail strike, 34 killed.
NICARAGUA
1894
Troops
Month-long
occupation of Bluefields.
CHINA
1894-95
Naval, troops
Marines land
in Sino-Japanese War.
KOREA
1894-96
Troops
Marines kept
in Seoul during war.
PANAMA
1895
Troops, naval
Marines land
in Colombian province.
NICARAGUA
1896
Troops
Marines land
in port of Corinto.
CHINA
1898-1900
Troops
Boxer Rebellion
fought by foreign armies.
PHILIPPINES
1898-1910(-?)
Naval, troops
Seized from
Spain, killed
600,000 Filipinos.
CUBA
1898-1902(-?)
Naval, troops
Seized from
Spain, still hold Navy
base.
PUERTO RICO
1898(-?)
Naval, troops
Seized from
Spain, occupation
continues.
GUAM
1898(-?)
Naval, troops
Seized from
Spain, still use as base.
MINNESOTA
1898(-?)
Troops
Army battles
Chippewa at Leech Lake.
NICARAGUA
1898
Troops
Marines land
at port of San Juan del Sur.
SAMOA
1899(-?)
Troops
Battle over
succession to throne.
NICARAGUA
1899
Troops
Marines land
at port of Bluefields.
IDAHO
1899-1901
Troops
Army occupies
Coeur d'Alene mining region.
OKLAHOMA
1901
Troops
Army battles
Creek Indian revolt.
PANAMA
1901-14
Naval, troops
Broke off
from Colombia 1903, annexed Canal Zone 1914-99.
HONDURAS
1903
Troops
Marines intervene
in revolution.
DOMINICAN
REP.
1903-04
Troops
U.S. interests
protected in Revolution.
KOREA
1904-05
Troops
Marines land
in Russo-Japanese War.
CUBA
1906-09
Troops
Marines land
in democratic election.
NICARAGUA
1907
Troops
"Dollar Diplomacy"
protectorate set up.
HONDURAS
1907
Troops
Marines land
during war with Nicaragua.
PANAMA
1908
Troops
Marines intervene
in election contest.
NICARAGUA
1910
Troops
Marines land
in Bluefields and Corinto.
HONDURAS
1911
Troops
U.S. interests
protected in civil war.
CHINA
1911-41
Naval, troops
Continuous
occupation with flare-ups.
CUBA
1912
Troops
U.S. interests
protected in Havana.
PANAMA
19l2
Troops
Marines land
during heated election.
HONDURAS
19l2
Troops
Marines protect
U.S. economic interests.
NICARAGUA
1912-33
Troops, bombing
20-year occupation,
fought guerrillas.
MEXICO
19l3
Naval
Americans
evacuated during revolution.
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
1914
Naval
Fight with
rebels over Santo Domingo.
COLORADO
1914
Troops
Breaking
of miners' strike by Army.
MEXICO
1914-18
Naval, troops
Series of
interventions against
nationalists.
HAITI
1914-34
Troops, bombing
19-year occupation
after revolts.
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
1916-24
Troops
8-year Marine
occupation.
CUBA
1917-33
Troops
Military
occupation, economic protectorate. |
WORLD
WAR I
19l7-18
Naval, troops
Ships sunk,
fought Germany
RUSSIA
1918-22
Naval, troops
Five landings
to fight Bolsheviks.
PANAMA
1918-20
Troops
"Police duty"
during unrest after elections.
YUGOSLAVIA
1919
Troops
Marines intervene
for Italy against Serbs in Dalmatia.
HONDURAS
1919
Troops
Marines land
during election campaign.
GUATEMALA
1920
Troops
2-week intervention
against unionists.
WEST VIRGINIA
1920-21
Troops, bombing
Army intervenes
against
mineworkers.
TURKEY
1922
Troops
Fought nationalists
in Smyrna (Izmir).
CHINA
1922-27
Naval, troops
Deployment
during nationalist revolt.
HONDURAS
1924-25
Troops
Landed twice
during election strife.
PANAMA
1925
Troops
Marines suppress
general strike.
CHINA
1927-34
Troops
Marines stationed
throughout the country.
EL SALVADOR
1932
Naval
Warships
sent during Faribundo Marti revolt.
WASHINGTON
DC
1932
Troops
Army stops
WWI vet bonus protest.
WORLD WAR
II
1941-45
Naval,troops,
bombing, nuclear
Fought Axis
for 3
years; 1st
nuclear war.
DETROIT
1943
Troops
Army puts
down Black rebellion.
IRAN
1946
Nuclear threat
Soviet troops
told to leave north (Iranian
Azerbaijan).
YUGOSLAVIA
1946
Naval
Response
to shooting-down of U.S. plane.
URUGUAY
1947
Nuclear threat
Bombers deployed
as show of strength.
GREECE
1947-49
Command operation
U.S. directs
extreme-right in civil
war.
CHINA
1948-49
Troops
Marines evacuate
Americans before Communist victory.
GERMANY
1948
Nuclear threat
Atomic-capable
bombers guard Berlin Airlift.
PHILIPPINES
1948-54
Command operation
CIA directs
war against Huk
Rebellion.
PUERTO RICO
1950
Command operation
Independence
rebellion crushed in
Ponce.
KOREA
1951-53(-?)
Troops, naval,
bombing, nuclear threats
U.S.&
South Korea
fight China & North Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat in 1950, &
vs. China in 1953. Still have bases.
IRAN
1953
Command operation
CIA overthrows
democracy, installs Shah.
VIETNAM
1954
Nuclear threat
Bombs offered
to French to use against
siege.
GUATEMALA
1954
Command operation,
bombing, nuclear threat CIA directs exile invasion after new gov't nationalizes
U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.
EGYPT
1956
Nuclear threat,
troops
Soviets told
to keep out of Suez crisis; MArines evacuate foreigners
LEBANON
1958
Troops, naval
Marine occupation
against rebels.
IRAQ
1958
Nuclear threat
Iraq warned
against invading Kuwait.
CHINA
1958
Nuclear threat
China told
not to move on Taiwan isles.
PANAMA
1958
Troops
Flag protests
erupt into confrontation.
VIETNAM
1960-75
Troops, naval,
bombing, nuclear threats Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam;
1-2 million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in 1968 and
1969.
CUBA
1961
Command operation
CIA-directed exile invasion fails.
GERMANY
1961
Nuclear threat
Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.
CUBA
1962
Nuclear threat
Naval
Blockade
during missile crisis; near-war with USSR.
LAOS
1962
Command operation
Military
buildup during guerrilla war.
PANAMA
1964
Troops
Panamanians
shot for urging canal's return.
INDONESIA
1965
Command operation
Million killed in CIA-assisted army coup.
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
1965-66
Troops, bombing
Marines land during election campaign.
GUATEMALA
1966-67
Command operation
Green Berets intervene against rebels. |
DETROIT
1967
Troops
Army battles
Blacks, 43 killed.
UNITED STATES
1968
Troops
After King
is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.
CAMBODIA
1969-75
Bombing,
troops, naval Up to 2 million killed in decade of bombing, starvation,
and political chaos.
OMAN
1970
Command operation
U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.
LAOS
1971-73
Command operation,
bombing U.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion; "carpet-bombs" countryside.
SOUTH DAKOTA
1973
Command operation
Army directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas.
MIDEAST
1973
Nuclear threat
World-wide alert during Mideast War.
CHILE
1973
Command operation
CIA-backed coup ousts elected marxist president.
CAMBODIA
1975
Troops, bombing
Gas captured ship, 28 die in copter crash.
ANGOLA
1976-92
Command operation
CIA assists South African-backed rebels.
IRAN
1980
Troops, nuclear
threat, aborted bombing Raid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops
die in copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution.
LIBYA
1981
Naval jets
Two Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.
EL SALVADOR
1981-92
Command operation,
troops Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved
in hostage clash.
NICARAGUA
1981-90
Command operation,
naval CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against
revolution.
LEBANON
1982-84
Naval, bombing,
troops Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists, Navy bombs and shells
Muslim and Syrian positions.
HONDURAS
1983-89
Troops
Maneuvers
help build bases near borders.
GRENADA
1983-84
Troops, bombing
Invasion four years after revolution.
IRAN
1984
Jets
Two Iranian
jets shot down over Persian Gulf.
LIBYA
1986
Bombing,
naval Air strikes to topple nationalist gov't.
BOLIVIA
1986
Troops Army
assists raids on cocaine region.
IRAN
1987-88
Naval, bombing
US intervenes on side of Iraq in war.
LIBYA
1989
Naval jets
Two Libyan jets shot down.
VIRGIN ISLANDS
1989
Troops
St. Croix
Black unrest after storm.
PHILIPPINES
1989
Jets
Air cover
provided for government against coup.
PANAMA
1989-90
Troops, bombing
Nationalist
government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed.
LIBERIA
1990
Troops
Foreigners
evacuated during civil war.
SAUDI ARABIA
1990-91
Troops, jets
Iraq countered after invading Kuwait; 540,000 troops also stationed in
Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Israel.
IRAQ
1990-?
Bombing,
troops, naval Blockade of Iraqi and Jordanian ports, air strikes; 200,000+
killed in invasion of Iraq and Kuwait; no-fly zone over Kurdish north,
Shiite south, large-scale destruction of Iraqi military.
KUWAIT
1991
Naval, bombing,
troops Kuwait royal family returned to throne.
LOS ANGELES
1992
Troops
Army, Marines
deployed against anti-police uprising.
SOMALIA
1992-94
Troops, naval,
bombing U.S.-led United Nations occupation during civil war; raids against
one Mogadishu faction.
YUGOSLAVIA
1992-94
Naval
Nato blockade
of Serbia and Montenegro.
BOSNIA
1993-95
Jets, bombing
No-fly zone patrolled in civil war; downed jets, bombed Serbs.
HAITI
1994-96
Troops, naval
Blockade
against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office
three years after coup.
CROATIA
1995
Bombing
Krajina Serb
airfields attacked before Croatian offensive.
ZAIRE (CONGO)
1996-97
Troops
Marines at
Rwandan Hutu refuge camps, in area where Congo revolution begins.
LIBERIA
1997
Troops
Soldiers
under fire during evacuation of foreigners.
ALBANIA
1997
Troops
Soldiers
under fire during evacuation of foreigners.
SUDAN
1998
Missiles
Attack on
pharmaceutical plant alleged to be "terrorist" nerve gas plant.
AFGHANISTAN
1998
Missiles
Attack on
former CIA training camps used by Islamic fundamentalist groups alleged
to have attacked embassies.
IRAQ
1998-?
Bombing,
Missiles
Four days
of intensive air strikes after weapons inspectors allege Iraqi obstructions.
YUGOSLAVIA
1999-?
Bombing,
Missiles
Heavy NATO
air strikes after Serbia declines to withdraw from Kosovo. |
