Did the US EVER win a war alone?

diva

whoa, you're gonna get a tongue lashing for real on this question.. ( sits back with some popcorn and waits for the fireworks)

ducky

Yes, we fought Mexico all by ourselves.
Got a lot of nice land from that war.

special girl

technically the u.s. won the civil war by themselves seeing that they were fighting each other

gunplumber_462

Is history even taught in schools anymore?

Guess not...

meathookcook

Pretty good question until you fell into the insult those you don't like trap. Then it really turned into a loser.

YA is a sham

You don't care for the answer, you only came to anonymously bash. You are a coward (probably from France)

Mike B

You are a freakin' moron.

Sam N

The Civil War... The Indian Wars... The Spanish-American War... and the Mexican War, to name a few wars that the US won without entering into a coalition.

Philip L

Indian Wars 1780's to 1880's
Barbary Pirates 1800's
War of 1812
Mexican War. 1845
Spanish American War 1898
Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902
Yes we have won plenty on our own.

Brainy

Those who think the US won "The War of 1812' are being a bit delusional.

The Angry Elephant

You ever hear of the revolutionary war there chief? What is wrong with allies anyway? Most of our enemies would have their allies, no?

arunmadav2013

Well there was the Civil War and the war with Tripoli.The Revolutionary War was won with the help of the French and I don't think it was exactly a winning war in 1812.Although the U.S of A did most of the important work in the Gulf War.

Greg

Last one was the civil war. before that the battle for independence. The Us usually gets dragged into wars like WW1 and WW2.Until desert storm. First war we started and we had a lot of allies. Then Bush JR started the whole war on terror thing. Allies are needed to win a war.

cav

crieps whats the deal do you hate america? leave, bye. how abotu ask did others ever win a war without america help. do you really think britian could have held on without americas help in ww2? if ya do you ened to read some history. how about "lend lease"

bob

i dont know, but has any other army won a war by themselfs? i dont think they have but im not sure. the only army that i know of that has come close to wining a war is germany in ww2 they lost but they were also fighting three other armys and almost took out the british. (im excluding any army before the history of guns)

Gettysburg Ghost

Let's see... Revolutionary War... Civil War...

gregory_dittman

Gen. Andrew Jackson took Florida because the Spanish were harboring terrorists that would attack U.S. That got him elected president. Then the U.S. fought Spain again and got more land. Then the U.S. fought Mexico and got even more land. The U.S. fought the Indian Wars and won (got some land from that).

The U.S. went after Grenada, Panama and Lybia (even when it was called Tripoli) twice too.

golden one

We won the war against Mexico, got great real estate....but we are loosing that daily.

Herodotus

The Revolutionary War

Mexican American War

The Civil War (national government won)

The Spanish American War.

notaryah

Just to name a couple: The Mexecan American War and the Spanish War.

shanusav

Duh...
Revolution
The war of 1812
Mexican American war,
Spanish American war,
Korean War (although some might argue that wasn't a true victory)
In all wars we have had minor alliances and detractors who incisted we needed more allies.

Paul C

Civil War
Spanish/American War
Grenada
Mexican/American War
1812

sjsosullivan

Spanish American War
Mexican American War
Grenada
Panama
Barbary Pirate Wars
There are more

Mikee

The Civil War
The Spanish American War

Tim

They sure start their share of wars I know that much. They are the most war mongering country in the world.

toff

The Civil War is the only one we really even fought alone (can't really count our fight with the Barbary Coast pirates).

The US played a large role in WW2 (even though we were very late in getting there to support the British. Our role in WW1 was much smaller than that of many other nations. Even the Revolutionary war was only won with massive help from France.

However, the US does have intelligent soldiers and well trained oens at that.

JEHLERS

Has any country ever won a war on their own?

Ice

Did we? Maybe some ones back as a young country, but certainly none within the last century. And I am not counting those where we declared we won, but in reality we didn't change a thing, or didn't accomplish any goal. As for intelligent soldiers, I think anyone who joins the military without being threatened is not all that intelligent. If they were then their wouldn't be a war to begin with 'cause no one would fight it.

Oprah's Minge

the Spanish American War
the Civil War (hey somebody had to win)
the War of 1812

gyrfalcon16

Can you define what you mean by "alone"? The US won the Mexican-American War with little to no help from the outside.

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