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This conflict saw the United States fight to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia from the 1950s to the 1970s.
The Vietnam War
This conflict between the Union and the Confederacy over slavery and states' rights resulted in over 600,000 casualties.
US Civil War
A wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that swept across the Middle East and North Africa starting in Tunisia in late 2010.
The Arab Spring
Following the UN Partition Plan, this war began immediately after the declaration of the State of Israel's independence.
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1917 Bolshevik seizure of power from the Provisional Government marked the start of this country's communist era.
The Russian Revolution
In 1962, the world faced a near-nuclear war when the USSR began installing missiles on this island nation, 90 miles from Florida.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
"No taxation without representation" was a key grievance leading to this revolutionary war for independence from Britain.
American Revolutionary War
Beginning in 2011, this ongoing conflict started as a part of the Arab Spring and evolved into a multi-sided international proxy war.
Syrian Civil War
This 1990 standoff in Quebec was triggered by a plan to expand a golf course onto traditional Mohawk burial grounds.
The Oka Crisis
Also known as "The Great War," this war was characterized by a long, deadly stalemate on the Western Front, where soldiers fought and lived in trenches.
WWI
The Mujahideen fought against this 10-year military action by a superpower in Central Asia starting in 1979.
USSR Invasion of Afghanistan
This war began in 2001 after the September 11th attacks, targeting Al-Qaeda and the Taliban regime.
War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
This 1994 event in a small African nation saw Hutu extremists systematically murder approximately 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu people.
Rwandan Genocide
A pro-democracy demonstration by students in Beijing, China, brutally suppressed by the military in June 1989.
Tiananmen Square
This conflict, which began with the invasion of Poland, saw the rise of the Axis Powers and ended with the use of the atomic bomb.
WWII
Fought between the US and Great Britain, this war included the burning of the White House and inspired The Star-Spangled Banner.
The War of 1812
The concept of Manifest Destiny largely fueled this mid-19th-century war, which resulted in the US acquiring land that became Texas, California, and more.
Mexican-American War
Since the 2000s, this ongoing conflict has caused immense violence between the government and powerful criminal organizations, especially in states like Michoacán.
Drug Cartel Conflict
The longest conventional war of the 20th century, this conflict was fought between two neighboring Middle Eastern countries from 1980 to 1988, sometimes involving chemical weapons and attacks on oil tankers.
Iran-Iraq War
This global rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union never led to direct, full-scale military conflict between the two superpowers.
The Cold War
This European conflict in the late 1990s involved NATO airstrikes to stop the 'ethnic cleansing' of Albanians by Serbian forces.
Kosovo War
This war led to a split peninsula, a dangerous border, and two countries that are still at war today.
The Korean War
This recent 2020-2022 conflict between the TPLF and the federal government was fought in the northernmost region of Ethiopia.
Tigray War (Ethiopia)
Primarily a German conflict, this 17th-century European war initially began over religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants, eventually becoming a struggle for political dominance.
The 30 Years War
The word for this official South African policy of racial separation from 1948 to the early 1990s literally means "apartness" in Afrikaans.
Apartheid