US Interventions
Note: This list does not pretend to be definitive or absolutely complete. Nor does it seek to explain or interpret the interventions. Information and interpretation on selected interventions will be later included as links. Note that US operations in World Wars I and II have been excluded.
- 1798-1800 France Undeclared naval war against France, marines land in Puerto Plata.
- 1801-1805 Tripoli War with Tripoli (Libya), called "First Barbary War".
- 1806 Spanish Mexico Military force enters Spanish territory in headwaters of the Rio Grande.
- 1806-1810 Spanish and French in Caribbean US naval vessels attack French and Spanish shipping in the Caribbean.
- 1810 Spanish West Florida Troops invade and seize Western Florida, a Spanish possession.
- 1812 Spanish East Florida Troops seize Amelia Island and adjacent territories.
- 1812 Britain War of 1812, includes naval and land operations.
- 1813 Marquesas Island Forces seize Nukahiva and establish first US naval base in the Pacific.
- 1814 Spanish (East Florida) Troops seize Pensacola in Spanish East Florida.
- 1814-1825 French, British and Spanish in Caribbean US naval squadron engages French, British and Spanish shipping in the Caribbean.
- 1815 Algiers and Tripoli US naval fleet under Captain Stephen Decatur wages "Second Barbary War" in North Africa.
- 1816-1819 Spanish East Florida Troops attack and seize Nicholls' Fort, Amelia Island and other strategic locations. Spain eventually cedes East Florida to the US.
- 1822-1825 Spanish Cuba and Puerto Rico Marines land in numerous cities in the Spanish island of Cuba and also in Spanish Puerto Rico.
- 1827 Greece Marines invade the Greek islands of Argentiere, Miconi and Andross.
- 1831 Falkland/Malvinas Islands US naval squadrons aggress the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
