List of foreign military attacks on United States territory explained

Incorporated

• American Revolutionary War, 1776–1780 (Perpetrator: Great Britain)
• War of 1812, 1812–1815 (Perpetrator: United Kingdom, British Canada)
• Thornton Affair, April 26, 1846 (Perpetrator: Second Federal Republic of Mexico)
• Mexican–American War, 1846–1848 (Perpetrator: Second Federal Republic of Mexico)
• Chesapeake Affair, December 7, 1863 (Perpetrator: British Canada)
• Black Tom explosion, July 30, 1916 (Perpetrator: German Empire)
• Battle of Columbus, 1916 (Perpetrator: Pancho Villa's División del Norte)
• Attack on Orleans, 1918 (Perpetrator: German Empire)
• Battle of Ambos Nogales, 1918 (Perpetrator: Improvised Mexican civilian volunteers)
• Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (Perpetrator: Empire of Japan)
• American Theater (World War II), 1941–1945 (Perpetrator: Empire of Japan, Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy)
  • Attack on Goleta, California, February 23, 1942 (Perpetrator: Empire of Japan)^[1]

Unincorporated

• Japanese invasion of the Philippines, 1941–1945
• Battle of Guam, 1941
• Battle of Wake, 1941
• Battle of Midway, 1942

See also

• List of conflicts in the United States

Notes and References

1. https://goletahistory.com/attack-on-ellwood/ Attack on Ellwood