This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as falling within any of the aforementioned modern nations; however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, global, Indian wars, etc.).
As a British Colony Bermuda served as a staging point for Great Britain during the American Revolution and War of 1812.
During the Battle of the Atlantic the island served as an allied airbase for Anti-submarine warfare submarine hunters.
This includes conflicts fought between American Indian and First Nation tribes and wars against encroachment from European Colonial Powers or the United States and Canada.
US Territories such as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are exceptions to this rule as they included in the United States' Section.
Territorial evolution of North America of non-native nation states from 1750 to 2008.
Hernando De Soto
's expedition through the
Southeast United States
was the first major conflict between Europeans and
Native Americans
in the U.S. Thousands of
natives
were killed by the expedition, and the majority of the expedition including De Soto did not survive the journey.
The first of four engravings of the
Battle of Lexington and Concord
by
Amos Doolittle
from 1775. Doolittle visited the battle sites and interviewed soldiers and witnesses. Contains controversial elements, possibly inaccuracies. Fire from the militia may have occurred but is not depicted.
The Navy radio station at Dutch Harbor burning after the Japanese Attack, 4 June 1942 According to Japanese intelligence, the nearest field for land-based American aircraft was at Fort Morrow AAF on
Kodiak
, more than 600 miles (970 km) away, and Dutch Harbor was a sitting duck for the strong Japanese fleet, carrying out a coordinated operation with a fleet that was to capture
Midway Island
. The Dutch Harbor attack was part of the
Aleutian Islands Campaign
.
Map depicting the Maya area within the larger Mesoamerican region. View full size for details.
The maximal extent of the Aztec Empire, according to María del Carmen Solanes Carraro and Enrique Vela Ramírez.
Development of Spanish American Independence
Government under traditional Spanish law
Loyal to Supreme Central Junta or Cortes
American junta or insurrection movement
Independent state declared or established
Height of French control of the Peninsula
Political evolution of Central America and the Caribbean