Which Countries Have Been OFFICIALLY Invaded By The United States?
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▶ In this video I talk about the countries that the United States have, throughout their history, officially invaded. The 'officially' is important, given that presence of US troops in various regions throughout the world is very common at many points in history. But for this video, I decided to limit the scope to the actual official invasions, by land troops, of a territory belonging to a country that the US were at war with. I also briefly mention the full number of conflicts that the US has been involved with, accounting for the number of victories, losses, or unresolved and current conflicts. After providing an overview of all the modern countries (or historical predecessors) whose territory the US has at one point invaded, I go through a reasonably sized list of examples of these invasions, looking into some in more detail and learning why, when and how the United States of America moved forward with these invasions. With the biggest element of this being understanding the motive for said invasion; most often to conquer new territories, establish influence / prevent another power from doing so, or to guarantee trade and business interests. Save a few exceptions when righteousness was truly the reason for invasion. In these examples we shortly learn about cases such as the First Barbary War, when they invaded Algiers, Tunis, Morocco or Libya, protectorates of the Ottoman Empire. The Spanish-American War, where they took the remnants of the Spanish Colonial Empire for themselves (Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam), the invasions of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Iraq, Lebanon or Afghanistan. As well as their expeditions to Korea and China during colonial times. Not to mention the various interventions, some of which part of the 'Banana Wars' in Central America and the Caribbean; invading and occupying nations such as Nicaragua, Panama, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, among a few more.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 INTRO
00:25 How many conflicts have the US fought?
01:36 The common element: invasions
02:36 Criteria for what we consider an invasion
03:58 Map overview of invaded countries
05:31 First Barbary War
06:26 Mexican-American War
07:00 Mexican Border War
07:23 Second Opium War (China)
08:26 Joseon Expedition + Korean War
09:38 German Territories
10:07 Spanish-American War
10:39 Philippines & Cuba
11:01 Central America + Caribbean
12:04 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
12:29 Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan
13:24 Summary
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Did I miss any other invaded countries?
What about pakistan?
@@ebigjikaegjika3916they didn’t invade Pakistan?
Weren't there US troops in Russia after WW1, during the Russian civil war? Also, didn't they invade France during WW2 to liberate them? I would bring up Yugoslavia, but that was only air.
Yemen?
EARLY
"We're not counting aid in foreign wars, or coups" Well yeah, the video would be twenty hours long if you did.
💪 🇺🇸 you're goddamned right
@@cakecwkecake7479 fuck yeah brother
That’s nothing to be proud about, you warmonger imperialistic murderers.
Countries that invaded America:
British empire 18th-19th century
Only 20 ??
much like with the debate of “has britain really invaded 90% of the world”, it depends what you define as a country, whether you count colonies as independent or part of their colonisers country, and what you define as an invasion
Time is a hell of a thing
Though that number was complete bs though. Britain only invaded like 50% of countries (which is still a lot probably more then any other country)
@@1Rab dont do time, kids.
@@rizkyadiyanto7922 too late
@@rizkyadiyanto7922 can’t do the crime, don’t do the time, as they say
What about the kingdom of Hawaii?
I would give that a kinda. As it was more American businessmen than the government.
There was definitely a movement of troops into the country, but I would argue it was more of an "assisted coup", followed by an annexation. Rather than a full-out invasion from the start.
Hawaii would be dead without the US and will be the most isolated country in the world. Nobody ia going to want to do business there
@@secrets.295 That's not up to you to decide. Hawaii was just fine its whole history.
We didn't do that. Britain did, and then they gave Hawaii to us.
The US styled itself as anti-imperial, wanting European colonial powers out of Africa, Asia etc but only to extend their own influence and power. Similar to Japan in the 1930s and 40s.
Good thing or else they would rule the world as the final and only empire marking the final chapter to history. If they wanted to they could rule the world easily, good thing they don't want to. They might be peak humanity, until robots or aliens happen to surpass them ending human dominance forever.
Yeah but eventually USA become the imperialism power itself it's like either u die as a hero or live long enough to become a villain lol
@@widodoakrom3938 ha ha yes that's the quote!
@@widodoakrom3938 The US never really had many colonies. There was the Philippines and some Pacific Islands.
Pretty much the evolution of colonization and imperialism just that not in the physical way but economically just like France with Africa still having an economic empire or the evolution of former slavery to modern wage working
The U.S. invaded Russia during and after the Russian Revolution. The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) North Russia landed in Arkhangelsk and the AEF Siberia in Vladivostok both in 1918. The Arkhangelsk force did not penetrate very far into Russia because resupply of the forces became difficult and they were unable to successfully recruit Anti-Bolshevik forces to aid the invasion. The goal was to reach forces of the Czechoslovak Legion that had been fighting the Germans in WWI and had become stranded inside Bolshevik Russia. They were attempting to retreat, but were barred from returning to their homeland to the west as by that time Russia had exited the war and didn't want anti-Central Power belligerents crossing into the Eastern Front from now neutral Russia. They were ordered to go east to Vladivostok to sail to Europe from there, which is why the AEF Siberia landed in Vladivostok and traveled west via the Trans-Siberian Railway to secure the members of the Czechoslovak Legion. They also wanted to keep Japan from using the Russian Revolution as a pretext to create a puppet state in the Russian Far East as they eventually successfully did in Manchuria and Korea before WWII. While the AEF Siberia did manage to help evacuate the Czechoslovak Legion, both AEF interventions are regarded as failures/defeats for the U.S.
you beat me to it
That counts as aiding a foreign nation which does not count for this video.
Czechoslovak Legion betrayed Kolchack and the White movement
It wasn't the US that invaded Russia, it was a joint Intervention that thankfully failed, thanks to the Red Army's efforts.
@@TheTeodorsoldierabvb - the red army is Trotsky's Terrorists.
Two things that I would change about this list is #1 The year spain is added to the list. Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish Florida in 1818 & #2 I would and France to the list. During WWII the US invaded north Africa under the government of Vichy France which I think should count.
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That's why making these types of categorizations is so difficult. It is easy to say that the lands invaded as part of the Spanish American War "belonged" to Spain and therefore identify that as the country being invaded.
In the case of North Africa in WW2, there is room for some ambiguity. Morocco was under the control of Vichy France, but it can be argued that Vichy France was a puppet regime under control of Germany.
So was it independent enough to count as its own country for the purposes of this video, or should Germany be considered to have control of Morocco indirectly through its client state?
There is not an absolute right or wrong answer.
North Africa was part of a world war. You could technically say Britain did ,too .
As for Florida ,Spain wanted the US to help them with their American Indian " problem" . They were trying to put down indian tribe rebellion so the final solution was the US purchasing Florida from Spain
Do you remember the exactly year this started because if it's after 1942 it would be Land occupied by Germany or Italy
Vichy was appointed the legitimate government of France by it's legislature. The Allies fought Vichy forces in the French North African departments, which were part of France at the time.
Now we need the same video for France, UK and Russia
and germany
and china
The uk and france will need a full 1-hour documentary. Russia is not so much, since the peak of the russian empire they haven't invaded new countries
The UK version would be 5 hours long LOL
Yes!
1:58: “the contiguous 48 saw no conflict in their land in ww2”
here are some additional examples of attacks, incidents, or espionage that occurred within the contiguous 48 states during World War II:
1. Operation Pastorius - In 1942, a group of eight German saboteurs landed on the east coast of the United States with the goal of conducting acts of sabotage. The group split up into two teams and attempted to plant explosives at various targets, such as aluminum plants and hydroelectric facilities. However, their plans were foiled when one of the saboteurs turned himself in to the FBI, leading to the capture of the rest of the group.
2. Bombing of the West Coast - In June 1942, a Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens in Oregon, causing minor damage but no casualties. In September of the same year, another Japanese submarine shelled the oil fields near Santa Barbara, California, causing minor damage.
3. Duquesne Spy Ring - A German espionage network known as the Duquesne Spy Ring operated in the United States during World War II. The ring was composed of 33 spies, most of whom were trained in Germany and sent to the United States to gather intelligence. The FBI eventually infiltrated the ring and arrested its members, resulting in the conviction of 33 spies.
These are some examples of attacks, incidents, and espionage that occurred within the contiguous 48 states during World War II, excluding training exercises and the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
How was camp Ritchie an attack?
#4 is not an example of "attacks, incidents, and espionage that occurred within the contiguous 48 states during World War II".
Another that is often overlooked not by the host but by history was attacks on the Aleutian Islands.
Why wasn't the war of 1812 covered?
What about Northern Russian expedition during russian civil war? USA intervened on the side of the white forces against the bolshevicks (in modern day Arkhangelsk oblast). It mostly consisted of small scale scirmishes though of about few thousand soldiers before americans just withdrew. And in russian far east Vladivostok and Khabarovsk regions as well there were bigger battles with red forces and partisans, the occupation of Vladivostok was the longest in the civil war. The war however was on very small scale and very unpopular in America so it pulled out relatively quickly. Not surprising that this part of history is not well known because it can harm relationship between two countries
Yeah in the kola peninsula I think
Their relationship was harmed since after 1945
@@Sceptonic actually it was harmed by that expedition and thats why US didny officially recognize USSR untill the 1930's. They never had warm relations.
@@tmdwu5360 The United States as a predator capitalist country looked at the Soviet union with deep suspicion and distrust is it was a viable alternative to their economic system. At that time there were many labor unrest in the United States, from factory workers to mining.Sending troops to the Soviet union was an attempt to overthrow the Soviet socialist government and install a capitalist regime.
I read that the American corps was neutral towards the Reds as well as the whites. The reason for the arrival was the protection of weapons and supplies that were delivered to the empire as an ally against Germany, and there were risks that all these resources could get to Germany. But for the Bolsheviks, everyone was an enemy, white, green, red themselves, at that moment in Russia there was a royal battle of all against all.
Nicaragua was invaded two times, the second happend in the late 1920's.
Wasn't the first one cause by a US Lawyer who decided just to invade countries without the US permission, the filibuster war, which piss of the US government, so they help the rebels overthrow their dictator leader.
I believe some of the other Central American & Caribbean nations were also invaded more than once.
@@General.Knowledge Nicaragua holds the record for more foreign invasion. Fun fact, both of them were done at the request of a political party to fight a local adversary. In the late 1850, Nicaragua also asked for help to Honduras and Costa Rica and lost territories in pay for the “support”.
Thank You for excellent video!
This list needs:
-Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918-1925) with US Troops invading Russia
-Vichy France (French Colonial Empire) being invaded with Operation Torch
Technically you won't find the word "invasion" in US nomenclature, "intervention" is used, which can be interchanged with "invasion" on a case by case basis.
Well for Vichy France it depend of what gouvernement is considered as official. If it's Free France then it's a liberation. If it's Vichy gouvernement then it's true.
@@sylvainleguillou6208 we can consider it liberation then. I’m of that school of history thought.
As for Russia, definitely a straight up invasion.
@@sylvainleguillou6208 it still invasion
Vichy France was not a separate nation to occupied France, so a false argument
I might have missed it but did it mention invading Russia with Japan?
Great video... would have liked a little more detail... any chance you could do each of the "invasions" in more detail (from latest to earliest)? 😊
As far as I know as a German Joseon (조선 ) is spoken Joson. The e is not spoken by itself. It just refers to the way the o is pronounced with the second o (어 ) shorter than the first one (오).
Has anyone told you your little channel mascot guy looks a bit like Ferb from Phineas and Ferb?
Actually the Philippines declared independence on June 12, 1898 which made it de facto independent from Spain. So it was a legitimate invasion of a country by the US, and not as a colony
he said that the US invaded the Philppines seperately
Declared independence or fr independence
What about the many indigenous nations in North America I think an example is the Cherokee Nation, Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution/Russian Civil War, Vichy France, Italy, Japan (Okinawa) as a few you could add to the list.
This is amazing
They are indeed British Empire's son
Why is the tankie here? Go alway commie.
British people be like: sit down little bro
*bruv
Before making the anglo-americans the ultimate devil - don’t forget how many places the French, Spanish or Portugese Empire invaded and how much crueler they were. Japanes were inhumane in WW2 as were the Germans. Russia has invaded all its neighbours too at some point. How about Mongols and or the Romans or Persians in Ancient Times?
More like my son
They call it "FREEDOM RAAAHHH 🦅🦅🦅"
Why are you proud of this?
They really dont
I appreciate you finally made an episode about US Invading countries however I urge you to make Afghan Invasion & Middle Eastern Invasion 2 specific episode on these
Finally I have been waiting for someone to make a video on this 😅 Thank you!
Technically the lower 48 states did see military conflict in WWII. U-boat combat right off the East and Gulf coasts. Japanese physically shelled and bombed the West coast in minor raids.
I don't think U.S. troops engaged the Japanese that shelled the coastline.
What about the invasion of Native American indian ancestral lands or nations within the US just like what Johnny Harris said on his recent video?
Native Americans in North America didn't have an unified country
Up
They had nation
But not "recognised" by West
Me looking at the title: your missing Japan
They never invaded Japan, th you on about?
@@Trontotario so Okinawa is not part of Japan?
The country that got nuked!
@@Trontotario They sort of did.
They occupied it in 1945 after the Japanese surrender.
@@thelandofnod123 They never did an invasion, they just dropped bombs, that is not an invasion, to Gen Z this is considered some sort of war crime?
The real question is What country did they not invade?
did they not invaded...
well China i think
@@eduardhagiu9836 I believe they sent troops to aid the Chinese nationalists during the chinese civil war, so technically this may country.
HE?
@FF-le3ps Did not invade China - joking that nation to fight off another invader is defensive not an invasion
Britain Australia New Zealand Canada they tryd in 1775 and again in 1812 failed russia Scandinavia China Mongolia Spain
Most of south america Jamaica
As an American those oil invading jokes never get old because they are true lmao
And you guys call China and Russia bad
They are but you’re just as bad
@@bababababababa6124 facts they act like theyre the good guys ☠️
Not justifying anything but US doesn't own Iraqi oil for example. And it is the only place with oil that US invaded
@@bababababababa6124 well we have good reputation for being a democracy and the intervention in WW1 and WW2, you could say Russia and China both have but the Chinese changed regimes and Stalin was leading the USSR in WW2, also every country has a good and bad it really is just the amount of bad versus good that we say "good" or "bad"
@@bababababababa6124 Most of the superpower countries in the world are selfish and bad. They each have their own agendas to fill no matter how many others it harms including their own people.
The USA invaded Canada (British Colony) famously in 1812-14. But also in the not as well known invasion in 1775, climaxing with the Battle of Quebec which the Americans lost due to several factors.
Great video. Always learning with this channel.
13:07 hi sorry just to point out the invasion of Iraq was in 2003 not 04.
Very correct. And Desert Storm was 1991.
Welcome to America, we’re totally not an Empire.
Lol bro
Em for yes true, but future maybe
‘Manifest destiny totally wasn’t empire building bro it was all legal because god wanted us to expand west and push out all the natives and it was totally different to what Britain, Spain and France were doing I swear’
Well, the USA is a constitutional republic. Since we're not an empire, imperialism is against constitutional law. This provides an argument to oppose the practice as it is by its nature, unamerican. If the US was imperial, the practice could not be opposed.
@@silverletter4551 so because it says it’s not an empire makes the empire building not empire building? Are Americans really as dense as you seem? Do some words somehow disprove actions? Like if I shot a man dead out just enjoying a walk but pulled out a note saying any killing I perform is manslaughter does it make the killing manslaughter? How was America taking the Philippines and Puerto Rico not empire building? Because they said it wasn’t? They took land after a war, it was empire building in every sense possible as was manifest destiny.
Any Americans watching this video might be wondering “Are we the Baddies?” 🤣
106 Wars in almost 250 years of history, that’s above average 😅
Americans are the villains, more so than the Russians.
No we’re not the baddies. And you can’t prove me wrong.
@@Venezolano410 Russia have a colonial empire in Africa, America doesn't
Who is the evil here
This idiot ignore the Slave trade and Colonial empires in Africa and Asia 😂
@@Venezolano410 The Russians are definitely the bad guys at the present moment. Please bear in mind that countries don't maintain the exact-same personalities over time; countries change both at the governmental level and at the societal level. I can't confirm/deny whether Russia was a bad guy at any point in the past, but right now, in the year 2023, Russia is unequivocally the bad guy. After Russia is expelled from Ukraine and Putin's administration is tried at The Hague for war crimes, then we can perhaps say that Russia is no longer the bad guy. But please don't use whataboutism of the U.S.A.'s historical actions to excuse Russia's ongoing illegal invasion of Ukraine. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is evil, and the U.S.A.'s historical actions are irrelevant in this context.
This video could easily by a 3 hour, 3 movies, saga.
Question is, what counts as an invasion ?
Is it a US invasion if it’s a coalition effort ? Is it an invasion if troops never actually land, but native troops are supported and there’s influence against a nation?
Proxy wars are complex
yes. it is an invasion.
That was a key issue in making this video. Which to include as actual invasions. Some are definitely missing here due to being 'unofficial'.
Mfrs invaded or have been in war for so many times that people can't even give an exact number for that 😭😭😂
Mfrs don’t understand it’s really hard to define what exactly an invasion is 😭😭😂
Nice
Now we need this to be a series. Please
Of which countries other countries have invaded?
@@General.Knowledge Of America's coups
American Apologists :
"But, but, our invasions are different since it brought freedom & democracy, despite how badly we bombed them!"
The only war that was like that was Vietnam.
Yes, the US learned well from the UK.
Terrorists:.......yea....
I always find it interesting that the two times we were at war with France we don’t acknowledge it. (The quasi war and then WWII against the Vichy government). Btw do you also do the channel Dying Voice Guy?
It’s like the Phony war, where Germany, France and Britain were at war for 8 months, with no battles or changes in borders until the battle of France
You could say that the us invaded spanish cuba or something like that. Also I think leaving out Naval only wars is a slight mistake. The US occupied Veracruz with a purely Naval, as in the navy, engagement using ground forces drawn from the crews of the battleships involved in 1914.
Portugal didn't achieve its independence in the Battle of Aljubarrota since that was in 1385 and Portugal achieved its independence in 1139 from Leon, not Castile
The reason why the Philippines actually lose the war to US because during that war, Filipinos also fighting with each other too and they even call their greatest enemy that time are not the Americans but their fellow Filipino.
What about 1832 when USA invaded the malvinas islands which were under the control of argentina but due to the american invasion all the defenses of the islands were destroyed and the british used that chance to invade the islands and rename them as falkland islands.
las malvinas son argentinas
@@sabin97 🇲🇽 ❤️ 🇦🇷
Argentina never controlled the falklands
@@NoNo-jg2qc yes.
las malvinas have belonged to argentina since the moment of independence, as they were legitimately spanish when spain owned most of america.
@@sabin97 the uk claimed the falklands before the Spanish did
nice
Why isn’t the UK and Canada on the map and there’s was no explanation about that invasion
The War of 1812?
Now you should do a video on cities in America/the world that declined in population due to either urban decay/war/natural disasters
this video should've had 3 or 4 more parts
Keep it up!🔥
Thanks!
@@General.Knowledge A video on countries that don't recognise kosovo and Palestine or recognise both pls
@@Trontotario That would be a relatively boring/short video IMO.
Praise God, my country (Kyrgyzstan) has never been invaded by the US. Nevertheless, we love USA and wish our relations being close and friendly 🇰🇬🤝🇺🇸
You forgot 1999 and Yugoslavia. I didn't forget
#childhoodmemories
That was Nato, not the USA alone.
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Also, it was caused by the country's president at the time ethnic cleansing Albanians, apparently.
@@rabbidcrazy787 The Yugoslavian president at that litteraly was trying to claim as much enemies as pssoible
@@rabbidcrazy787 it wasn't my fault still, I was just a child and that war pretty much affected my own family, since I'm 50% Albanian.
And yes, USA + NATO.
@@tamarakukic1.4 Oh my bad. I apologize.
@@rabbidcrazy787 Wrong. You have fallen for the Western/nato narrative.
USA did invade independent Philippines after Spanish-American War. The Philippines declared their independence after the revolution but later on with US presence on the country, they take the chance to invade the Philippines
Nice video can you do the same but with russia
Wait, wasn't the war of 1812 an invasion of Canada?
Technically no. Canada was still under control of the British at the time.
@@davidreichert9392 Canada as a cultural identity though was already 200 years old at this point plus Canada sorta just slowly became independent and doesn’t really have a proper independence date. So it’s unclear on when canada becomes Canada as no historians can really agree because it’s all arbitrary
@James Coulson he explains in the video that he lists it as an invasion of the occupying state regardless if the borders touch the mainland
You are right that it should be added, but as an invasion of Britain, as Canada was not a dominion until 1867, and did not have formal independence until after WW1.
@@emilystrange4347 but what actually changed after formal independence? There was never really any big policy changes. Even today arguably Canada and the uk are still one country just with extremely high degrees of autonomy from one another.
The US invaded Virginia, then Kentucky,
Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina during
the 1860s.
Wonderful to hear, but no countries listed.
@@jasonarthurs3885Country means an area, it has no legal sense.
And I don't think the people back then thought it wonderful.
Those places suffered mightily when the US government invaded. Nine were not part of the union
at that time but were readmitted later.
@@joeharris3878 Retraction from a union does not bestow nationhood; creator was clearly using country to signify nation, rather than your nebulous definition.
@@jasonarthurs3885 Nation refers to a group of related people. For instance, the Navaho are a nation.
The US is not a nation. A country is space its land. A state is an institution. The US is the state we are ruled by.
My opinion is that there's a time and place for everything.
I was born in tunisia and I never knew about the barbary wars
You learn something new everyday
You forgot to include:
1- both the precolonial predecessor of, well, almost every single country in Central Africa, such as the waning Kingdom of Anzicana (early XIVth century-1885) and his yet unconquerred rear states the Luba Kingdom (1585-1885) , Kuba Kingdom (XVIth-century-1885) and "Slaverist States" (mid-late XIXth century-1885) in a concerted effort alongside the Belgians, British and armies from other signing state-members of the Berlin Conference to forcibly establish the Free State of Congo in late XIXth century;
2 - A direct concerted military invasion and engaged hostilities alongside Belgian paratroopers, the French, West Germans, British, Dutch, Spanish, Portugese, Morrocans, Liberians, South Africans, South West Africans, Canadians, the Israeli and other state-members military powers of the ex-Block West as well as the Blue Helmets (mostly Liberians, Morrocans, British, French and Americans) against the Lumumbist-aligned Revolutionary Simba Army led by General Nicholas Phillipe Olenga (a cousin to first Congo Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba T'Olenga and Congolese stateman Pierre Mulele, who was a co-leader of the faction) during the Congo War of 1963-65. it even did goes as far as _dropping an American nuclear warhead unto a random Congolese village someplace at the Province of Equateur, k*lling countless innocent lives_ ;
3 - a joint U.S.- Canada military ingerence at the end of the Somali Civil War (1978-1991) of Somalia, in 1991.
4 - Reported sightings of joint American, Canadian, Belgian, German, Dutch, French, British and Israeli military forces during the Rwandan Gen*cide of 1994.
Playing on _both_ sides of the conflict;
5 - Another military ingerence in Congo (then Zaire), again, against the Simba Army's direct successor-- the Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo (AFDL) or namely Simba Army again, led by General Andre Kissasse Ngandu (another cousin to Lumumba, Olenga and Mulele) in 1997;
6 - And another military ingerence in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1998-2001, having even dispacted his units on front of the Second Congo War (1998-2003) ;
7 - Ongoing US military ingerence in Somalia from 2007 to present day;
8 - Following accusations electoral fraud and corruption rose by his political opposition and a nationwide uproar from the population in 2007, then-Prime Minister if the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila solliciatted the aid of the Blue Helmets and of the US in order to deterrently "pacify" and quell the social unrest;
9 - the U.S.-French joint "Operation Unicorn" and military ingerence in Ivory Coast in order to support a coup against Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo-- for opposing Nestlé's bully-ish attempts at keeping their monopoly upon the Ivoirian cocoa exportation industry, whom Gbagbo intended to nationalize any soon;
10 - Ongoing US military ingerence in Niger, Chad, Sudan, and Mali since the early 2010s. Yes, it is no coincidence that they've been ingering themselves all across the Sahelo-Sudanian Plains: former POTIS Barack Obama's administration publicly affirmed wanting to secure the comstruction of a "super-highway" crossing Africa from Somalia to Senegal through the Sahel, in an attempt to undermine both Chinese, Iranian and Russian neocolonial interests on the African continent, strengthen American imperialist presence in Africa and jeopardize the budding economic boom of African nations;
11 - U.S. military ingerence in various West African countries and cold war against Chinese both neocolonial and humanitarian ingerences, during the Ebola Crisis of 2014;
12 - The Democratic Republic of Congo, once again. Following accusations of electoral fraud and corruption by the political opposition and the electoral population in 2019, current President Félix Tshikededi opposed a period of social unrest.
This uproar has been quickly stifled down into silent as an angry then-POTUS Donald Trump _tweeted_ threateningly that he was going to dispatch the US Navy in DRC to intimidate the population into silent;
Then 13 - In 2020, then-POTUS Donald Trump, other Western countries and China enforced altogether an economic and military embargo against Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar for diferent motives (China wanted for a while to scapegoat DRC as the origin source of the COVID virus in front of Asian medias, in a vain effort to bully DRC into getting more receptive to Chinese's economic sights over the country and sheer racism. Also, both Nigeria, DRC and Madagascar developped and sold in their respective countries an antipaludic beer brand which allegedly has proven to he efficient to elimimate COVID. This profoundly and reportedly has displeased both China and the West for a while, before they change their mind in 2021) .
Lots of things going on.
I agree that Africa was whole left out but a few of your references would have been left out as they were related to coups or requested assistance. But an addition to this video in the future should definitely discuss Africa.
@@sirenatheodyssa Indeed.
Shouldn't we include the US invasion of Vichy France in 1942 as the US invading France as well?
True! I missed that one
During ww2, the USA was invaded by Japan, islands that are part of Alaska were invaded and occupied by Japan.the Vietnam war was a coalition of countries that were asked to help South Vietnam stop the invasion of South Vietnam by North Vietnam, so it wasn't an invasion because it was military assistance to south Vietnam. During the Korean war the USA did invade China which caused the Chinese government to send its forces into Korea and the coalition forces were pushed back to where the original north and south Korean border, this border was the agreed border at the end of ww2 just like the north and south Vietnam border was the agreed border. This agreement was made between Stalin and the USA. The invasion of China during the Korean war ended Macarthur's career because he was ordered not to enter China, if he hadn't disobeyed his orders, there would not be a north and south Korea today. Technically, the Korean war was not an invasion because South Korea had asked for assistance, but the USA did invade China during that police action. During ww1, Germany did not have any intention of invading the USA from Mexico and did not assist Mexico in any way, this was a British lie designed to get the USA involved in ww1.
Nice video altough I find complex to tell apart official from not official US Invasions... Bay of Pigs in Cuba was certainly not official. And I find difficult to distinct the nature of US intervention in Lebanon from the one in Somalia in the 90s for instance.
Can you please do one of the times the US was involved in coups and unofficial military involvement around the world... Thanks..
Sure! Johny Harris also has a very good video about this, at least the coups part.
Didn’t we also invade Yugoslavia
No, the NATO was bombing Yugoslavia(Serbia-Montenegro) but they hit almost no personell and equipment of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia and Security Forces/Police of Serbia, but mostly hit dummy and deception targets, Albanian refugee convoys and civilians and civilian objects and then they(NATO) had to beg the Yeltsin-administration to sent his special envoy Chernomyrdin who put pressured Belgrade to withdraw Military of Yugoslavia and Police of Serbia from Kosovo and Metohija
That was a Nato bombing not a full blown invasion like Iraq.
Is war with Serbia (1999) counts as unresolved or loss? we know it's finished with resolution 1244 united nations.
The biggest addition I would say though arguably could be included with banana wars was the invasion of Hawaii as it was an independent nation prior to being annexed by the United States.
Minor point. During WWII Japan also invaded Alaska
Now do the unofficial conflicts too lul
America: We love going to war even when it has nothing to do with us
Me: Stop trying to destroy so many countries as much as you can
Guys, with some determination and freedom we can make this number a lot higher
I like your videos and the research you make. Nevertheless, you got the last part of Mexico wrong.
During the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) World War I occurred and by the time Germany began to lose in 1917, they sent a secret telegram to the president of Mexico via their ambassador in which they PROPOSED that if we allow them to use us as a floormat to invade the US, Germany would later "help us" recover the lost territories of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. California wasn't mentioned. The pact was more than rejected by Venustiano Carranza because it didn't make any sense. And that was it.
On the other hand, Pancho Villa decided to raid the border town of Columbus in 1916 because he felt like it. Neither the Mexican government, nor Pancho Villa, ever received "assistance" from Germany. You mistook two historical events that took place around the same time, but that were fueled by completely different catalysts and situations.
Yeah that one was a little bit of a stretch. There was in fact an invasion of troops into each side of the border, but not an official invasion by any means. Regarding German support of the raiders I'm sure I read that somewhere! But I admit it may be wrong. Thanks for the added info :)
@@General.Knowledge We invaded Mexico chasing Geronimo and later Pancho Villa.
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No War of 1812?
I really like your content and all your videos. Just one thing, Mexico was not an empire by the time the USA invaded, the first empire lasted only for two years (1821-1823), and it was a republic (although not a stable one) by the time the war with the USA happened.
Now we are a thirld world republic but hey democracy rules...
I wish you had the southern half of the US shaded red on the map.
True, but I thought that internal conflicts wouldn't count as an invasion. Even though the seceding nation was in fact invaded, that's true.
@whitrad Indigenous Americans lived there and were independent, but that's about it.
@whitrad Of course. The Confederates were never a real country.
Gosto muito dos seus vídeos . Bastantes educativos e elucidativos. Obrigada ☺️
I think it's more amazing that we did all these invasions and yet we never had an empire. We never participated in the Scramble For Africa, or tried carving up Asia (except the various Pacific islands we got when Japan surrendered). We never had a king or were part of a Kingdom since before our independence, we've never been under a Military Junta, or under enemy occupation. We've been very fortunate as a country and I'm glad for it.
Hmm US not carving up Asia isn't really accurate. There was a big imperialist push in the US from 1898-1945, the biggest example being the US war and occupation of the Phillipines in the 30s.
As an American I would like to apologize for the actions of our government
Why?
@@vihailevagi invasions that shoildn"t have been
@@geraldmeehan8942 Almost all of them are justified. There’s not a lot to apologize for.
@@vihailevagi invading Canada in 1812 was not justified
@@michaelbruvolt4221 The United States had many reasons for going to war in 1812: Britain's interference with its trade and impressment of its seamen; Americans' desire to expand settlement into Indian, British, and Spanish territories; aspirations to conquer Canada and end British influence in North America; and upholding the nation's.
Punitive force but still American forces invaded the Russian empire during their revolution, the Americans lost and the red army won their revolution and kicked out the American forces before exiting WWl.
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The USA are sometimes passive, in the first few years of a competition!
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"Ok class, today I want you to begin writing a list of countries you have invaded..."
US: *immediately begins speedrunning a long list of countries*
"...OFFICIALLY."
*US looks up*
*looks back down at paper*
*writes faster*
*teacher stares in disbelief*
USA act like the police of the world 😂
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Better question is which country we haven't invaded.
Even better question: Has Germany invaded a country after the 1990 German reunification?
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Why was Austria included did american troops actually participate in the invasion of Austria Hungary in WW1 or were we just at war with them I could say the same for turkey
Austria was invaded in ww2 because it was part of the German reich.
But why is there no invasion to air space of countries for bombing or attacking and sabotaging on territory of that country? Air is considered as part of territory also?
What about 1812? Didn’t they lose that war?
No it was a status quo. The US was repelled from Canada and Britain was repelled from Maryland and New Orleans. After the British were defeated by Andrew Jackson and his forces in the Battle of New Orleans, the two sides agreed on a status quo.
>>> a tie. Both sides got a point
The US did lose the war of 1812 against British North America. If you invade to take over the land and fail, then that is a failure. It seems that only American say it was a tie, probably due to ego. My ten cents.
@@jjmantecon628 The Battle of New Orleans was fought (8 Jan 1815) AFTER the war had technically ended (treaty signed 24 Dec 1814), but given the speed of communication in the day, Gen. Andrew Jackson hadn't heard the news from Europe and proceeded with the assault and won a big victory, which propelled him to national prominence and eventually the Presidency.
It was technically a tie, but prospectively the US felt victorious as it repelled the British from retaking it's former colony, Canada felt victorious by standing their ground on what seemed like a US expansion, and meanwhile the British was too busy fighting Napoleon...
It is strange that people still think that the US brings peace and DEMOCRATY, when in fact it is an extremely aggressive state that cannot exist without wars.
not true
Because they did bad stuff in their past that every country have done? Most of those invasion wasn’t just invading a country for no reason. Almost all of them are justified, like the US invading Cuba because they have nukes point at the US.
When you saved the world from communism and your aid to different country have save over a 100 million people. And your the global leader in the creation and promotion of human rights. And made the UN and NATO for world peace. And stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait, free Kosovo from Serbia and help Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Taiwan, etc in its war. Your the party to many human rights treaties and, unlike many other nations, abides by those treaty commitments. The U.S. has led the charge to hold violators of human rights to account, including fighting hard for imposing Security Council sanctions on the Sudanese government until it stops supporting the militia groups that are committing genocide in Darfur and helps to restore order to the region. Done more good than any country In the world. Than yes, you are the good guy.
But CNN told me the America is the good guy against against the Ruzzian soviet empire !?!!??1?1!?
Absolutely ridiculous statement. The U.S.A. has been one of the pioneers of human development for the past 200 years. All countries and all people are multi-faceted. The U.S.A. doesn't "only do invasions and nothing else". The U.S.A. is a technological, scientific, cultural, and societal innovator. The U.S.A. has given many great things to the world, while they have done many bad things at the same time. This is true of most countries around the world.
@@mr.mysteriousspyman4016 Yes, you were, but after World War II, under the guise of bringing democracy and peace, you also staged a bunch of coups in dozens of countries, killed millions of civilians in the Middle East, your inflated sense of grandeur blinded you, you just stopped to think that sooner or later you would be responsible for everything you did all these years, starting with the genocide of indigenous peoples.
Didnt theh invade Guatemala too?
And Alaska got invaded a bit, including small parts occupied, in WW2.
If by military? Oh yes. With burger culture and such, entertainment, shadow deals and undermining with allies included?? MANY more!
The entire settlement of west (throughout the 1800s) was one long invasion of foreign lands... The lands of indigenous tribes. Most Americans are blind to that fact. Listing north American natives is one country is kind of silly. It's kind of like considering all of Europe as a single country. I feel like most tribes would be annoyed by this video. Also we still have ongoing conquest of tribes today as we have folks chipping away at tribal reservation lands.
The video would be like an hour long if he did every tribr
the allied invasion of the soviet union during the civil war doesnt count?
We put troops in Russia [both ends] during their Civil War during ww1... crazy to read about all that went on I'm Russia during that time [that Polish legion].
It depends who you ask and how they feel about the US. The Scott Ritter crowd will say we invaded France because we helped liberate them from Germany in WW2.
The year 1898 was the end of the Spanish Empire 🇪🇸 with the loss of Cuba 🇨🇺, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and the Philippines 🇵🇭. This was the beginning of a crisis that reached its climax with the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). We would not recover from that crisis until the 1960s with the opening of our economy abroad and the massive arrival of European tourists 🇩🇪🇬🇧
No. Is 1825
Lucky mexico still hasn't recovered 😂
And Guam.
@@rogeliovaldez6594 Lucky why?
@@VictorLdVS there supposed to be a comma there. I meant spain is lucky mexico isn't
2:36 How could you say that the Philippines is not well established at that time? Which in fact, the Philippines has a recognized government which is the Revolutionary Government of "Biak na Bato". Or, you are just saying that "the Philippines is not well established" at that time, simply because, we do not have enough international recognition by that time. Actually, when the US and Spain are settling using Treaty of Paris, there is no delegation coming from that Philippine Government that I mentioned.
10:42 I really like how you use the term "immediate", here, since the government that I mentioned only lasted for three years, from 1898 to 1901. After that, that is now the official invasion of US to the Philippines. And by 1935, the Philippines is now incorporated to US as Philippine Commonwealth.
I will never understand when us people saying "We are defending our country" how by invading other country's and atacking first ???