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	*] ]- A large law-enforcement operation against armed members of the ] cult ended in the death of 86 people.		*] ]- A large law-enforcement operation against armed members of the ] cult ended in the death of 86 people.
	*] ]- Former servicemen ] and ] planted a truck bomb in front of the ], killing 168 people and wounding 450.		*] ]- Former servicemen ] and ] planted a truck bomb in front of the ], killing 168 people and wounding 450.

	==21st Century==
	*] ] Terrorist attack, 4 civilian planes captured and crashed on 09/11/2001, resulting in the death of almost 3,000 people.

	==See also==		==See also==

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For a list of wars before the creation of the United States, see List of conflicts in British America.

List of conflicts in the United States is a timeline of events that includes Indian wars, battles, skirmishes, major terrorist attacks, massacres, and other related items that have occurred in the United States's geographical area, including overseas territories since 1776.

18th century

1775 - 1783 American Revolutionary War
1777 - 1794 Chickamauga wars
1783 - 1788 Second Pennamite War between settlers from Connecticut and Pennsylvania in Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania
1785 - 1795 Northwest Indian War
1786 - 1787 Shays' Rebellion
1791 - 1794 Whiskey Rebellion
1798 - 1800 Quasi-War, an undeclared naval war with France

19th Century

1804 Battle of Sitka Russian forces defeat the Tlingit in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives.
1811 Tecumseh's War
1812 - 1815 War of 1812
- 1812
- 1813
  - Battle of Frenchtown
  - Raid on Elizabethtown
  - Battle of Ogdensburg
  - Siege of Fort Meigs
  - Battle of Sackett's Harbor
  - Battle of Craney Island
  - Battle of Fort Stephenson
  - Battle of St. Michaels
  - Battle of Lake Erie
    The Battle of Lake Erie'
  - Capture of Fort Niagara
- 1814
- 1815
  - Battle of New Orleans
  - Battle of Fort Bowyer
1813 - 1814 Creek War
1817 - 1818 First Seminole War
1827 Winnebago War
1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion
1832 Black Hawk War
1835 - 1842 Second Seminole War
1835 - 1836 Toledo War (bloodless)
1835 - 1836 Texas Revolution
- 1836 Battle of the Alamo
- 1836 Battle of San Jacinto
1838 Missouri Mormon War
1838 - 1839 Aroostook War
1839 Honey War (bloodless)
1841 - 1842 Dorr War
1845 Milwaukee Bridge War
1846 - 1848 Mexican–American War
- 1846 Battle of Palo Alto
- 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma
- 1846 Occupation of Santa Fe
- 1846 Battle of San Pasqual
1848 - 1855 Cayuse War
1854 - 1858 Bleeding Kansas
1855 - 1858 Third Seminole War
1857 - 1858 Utah War
1859 Pig War
1861 - 1865 American Civil War
- 1861
- 1862
- 1863
  The Battle of Gettysburg
- 1864
- 1865
1862 - Dakota War of 1862
1863 - 1865 Colorado War
1864 - Sand Creek Massacre
1866 - 1868 Red Cloud's War
1867 - 1875 Comanche War
1872 - 1873 Modoc War
1876 - 1877 Black Hills War
1877 Nez Percé War
1890 - 1891 Ghost Dance War
1898 Spanish-American War

20th Century

1914 World War I - A Japanese fleet captured the Mariana Islands from Germany without any loss of life. This is notable as the only action fought during World War I that took place on what is now U.S. soil (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands).
1916 Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa leads a night raid on the New Mexico border town of Columbus.
1916 German saboteurs destroy ammunition in Jersey City to be used by the Allied forces. The ensuing explosion sends shockwaves through the New York area and kills 7.
1941 World War II - Japanese surprise attack on American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1941–1945 World War II - Numerous American warships and merchant vessels sunk in American territorial waters by German U-boats.
1942–1943 World War II - Battle of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
1944–1945- Fire balloon bombing of the US by Japanese balloon bombs.
1993 Waco Siege- A large law-enforcement operation against armed members of the Branch Davidian cult ended in the death of 86 people.
1995 Oklahoma City bombing- Former servicemen Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols planted a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people and wounding 450.

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Land	Individual weapons Crew-served weapons Vehicles (active)
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20th Century

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