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America's Wars and conflicts
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Department of Veterans Affairs reference material on U.S. war periods and service eras.
America's war periods provide a government reference frame for the conflict index and long-range expansion roadmap.
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Cited by wars
12 wars
1775–1783
American Revolution
Age of Revolutions
1812–1815
War of 1812
Age of Revolutions
1846–1848
Mexican-American War
Age of Nationalism
1861–1865
American Civil War
Age of Nationalism
1898
Spanish-American War
New Imperialism
1914–1918 (1917–1918 U.S. combat role)
World War I
World War
1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)
World War II
World War
1950–1953 fighting; armistice unresolved
Korean War
Cold War
1955–1975 broad period; major U.S. combat 1965–1973
Vietnam War
Cold War
1990–1991
Gulf War
Post-Cold War
2001–2021 major U.S. war period
Afghanistan War
Contemporary
2003–2011 major U.S. combat/occupation period
Iraq War
Contemporary
Cited by battles
6 battles