2023-09-15 HOW MANY COUNTRIES THE US HAS INVADED

World Population Review, “How Many Countries has the US Invaded 2023”, 2023: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/how-many-countries-has-the-us-invaded .

Quote: “While the Russian invasion of Ukraine dominated headlines in early 2022 and the countries Germany invaded were a vital part of World War II, the United States has itself been an aggressor on many occasions…


On the other hand, if one's definition of an invasion were to include any significant hostile incursion into another country's territory, even if war were not officially declared, the list could include several more entries. For example, a list compiled by Dr. Gideon Polya of La Trobe University in 2013 included the following:

Countries the U.S. has invaded since 1776:

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Austria

Bolivia

Bosnia

Burma

Cambodia

Chile

China

Colombia

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Egypt

El Salvador

France

Germany

Greece

Grenada

Guam

Guatemala

Haiti

Hawaii

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Italy

Japan

Korea

Kuwait

Laos

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Macedonia

Mali

Mexico

Micronesia

Morocco

Nicaragua

Niger

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Puerto Rico

Russia

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Somalia

Sudan

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Virgin Islands

Yemen

Yugoslavia

Zaire (now Congo)"