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The US’s longest war was in Afghanistan for over 10 years, followed by the Iraq War for 8 years and 9 months. The two wars combined were three years longer than the US’s involvement in WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam War combined. The US has been involved in about 12 major wars in 235 years, averaging one war every 20 years. The deadliest war for US military deaths was the American Civil War, with over 625,000 dead.
As of early 2012, the United States had been officially involved in the war in Afghanistan for more than 10 years, making it the United States’ longest war. The United States Army’s involvement in the Iraq War made it the United States’ second longest war at eight years and nine months, four months longer than the country’s official involvement in the Vietnam War. Combined, the time the United States was involved in the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq was three years longer than its involvement in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the of Vietnam combined.
More facts about the United States and the wars:
The United States has been officially involved in about 12 major wars in 235 years. Evenly distributed, that’s about one war every 20 years.
The longest war in history is thought to have been the Three Hundred and Thirty-Five Years’ War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. Although no shots were ever fired, and there was no official declaration of war to begin with, both sides officially declared peace in 1986. On the other end of the spectrum is the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which began on August 27 1896 and lasted 38 minutes before the Zanzibaris surrendered.
While the War in Afghanistan and the War in Iraq were the longest-running U.S. wars, they were far from the deadliest. The deadliest war in terms of US military deaths was the American Civil War, with an estimated 625,000 dead. That was more than 95 times American military deaths from the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War combined as of early 2012.
