Can you name the countries in which American troops have performed military interventions? by Detektor

Can you name the countries in which American troops have performed military interventions?

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Source: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service
Does not include "covert actions or numerous instances in which U.S. forces have been stationed abroad". Updated to 2009 by Evergreen University. Defunct countries are listed under their modern names.
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Countries US Military Intervened In Quiz

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Created Feb 7, 2010 in Geography
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	oohindu:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:28 GMT		2 points
	The title is a little misleading because the US never "invaded" many of these countries (Kuwait is the first example that comes to mind. Also, the Philippines should be on this list.

	johnlk:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:45 GMT		7 points
	Bombing Belgrade doesn't count?

	johnlk:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:46 GMT		6 points
	Or, you know, invading North Korea?

	pbysr:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:50 GMT		0 points
	Philippines was not technically a country when USA invaded during the Spanish American War (unless you view the First Republic as valid which I woulndn't). Technically, USA took over from Spain, lost it to Japan, took it over again before granting independence to Philippines.

	pbysr:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:53 GMT		2 points
	And when did US troops perform military intervention in Israel?

	Detektor:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:55 GMT		3 points
	Sporcle considers Palestine part of Israel.

	TheBigE1980:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:56 GMT		7 points
	Why isn't France on this? D-Day was the largest amphibious assault EVER, and the US was definitely a part of it.

	pbysr:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:56 GMT		3 points
	France is missing.

	Detektor:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 04:58 GMT		6 points
	I don't think the Library of Congress considers D-Day an attack on France.

	pbysr:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 05:05 GMT		1 point
	According to the source: "1948 -- Palestine. A marine consular guard was sent to Jerusalem to protect the US Consul General." Since Israel became a State only on May 14, 1948 it is unclear if Israel is the country in question. Furthermore, half of Jerusalem was under Jordanian control until 1967 so even had Israel been a state it may have not controlled the area in question.

	pbysr:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 05:10 GMT		3 points
	The Korean War wasn't an attack on South Korea either. I think you need to clarify the quiz.

	Detektor:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 05:13 GMT		2 points
	American forces entered South Korea on three separate occasions before the Korean War.

	okapi:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 14:13 GMT		2 points
	Not all sporcle norm alternatives are accepted, also, why is kosovo a bonus?

	Gangsterls:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 15:19 GMT		3 points
	Please accept Ivory Coast for Cote d'Ivoire. Also, I'm pretty sure we were in Poland during WW2.

	RedLIon:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 15:37 GMT		3 points
	A good idea but rather poorly executed.

	AceInTheHole:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 15:42 GMT		-1 points
	Was there never an intervention in Uganda over Idi Amin?

	Detektor:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 18:15 GMT		2 points
	@Gangsterls: The Soviets defeated Germany in Poland. ...and then took control of it themselves, sadly. @AceInTheHole: His regime ended after he tried to annex part of Tanzania. The Tanzanians counterattacked and took Kampala, forcing him to flee to Saudi Arabia where he lived until 2003.

	joebobs:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 18:15 GMT		1 point
	There's a pretty obvious on missing from this list: the USA! If this quiz is places where US troops have fought, then the US itself should be here. Also, the sporcle standard Timor-Leste, not East Timor, but acept both. Also, put Saint Lucia, rather than st., it looks better. But accept both.

	btroup1:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 18:39 GMT		0 points
	To answer someone's Israel question: The US provided Israel with Patriot missiles to ward off Iraqi SCUD attacks in 1991. Presumably, we had to get them there somehow.

	jinglebells:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 21:20 GMT		0 points
	Rwanda? We never intervened there even though we should have. Also Tanzania? Iceland? basically where is this list coming from

	ig1234:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 23:13 GMT		2 points
	There was a US presence in Rwanda long before the genocide, before the genocide, and also after the genocide, if I remember rightly. It wasn't very big before the genocide though. The only one that confuses me is Iceland...

	moominpaul:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 23:40 GMT		2 points
	belgium and netherlands?

	moominpaul:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 23:51 GMT		1 point
	iceland? the yanks and the brits invaded it during ww2 as a refuel point for shipping and planes for uboat prevention - basically to stop the Germans getting it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland

	moominpaul:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 23:53 GMT		1 point
	At the time Denmark had sovereignty of Iceland and they were overrun by Germany in a day.

	DethLeppard:	Mar 15th, 2010 at 22:52 GMT		1 point
	I think that San Marino was bombed during World War II by American pilots. I can't remember if it was Americans or Britons, though...

	emilkr:	Apr 13th, 2010 at 23:45 GMT		1 point
	@moominpaul: You are wrong. Iceland became independent in 1918. Do not be confused by the fact that in 1944 Iceland was proclaimed a republic. Between 1918 and 1944 it was a monarchy.

	Geo_Crazy:	May 8th, 2010 at 16:37 GMT		3 points
	Have there been just a few American conflicts I never heard about in my US history classes?

	LonePalm:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 21:12 GMT		3 points
	Detektor, I know it is easier to ignore questions, but could you comment on why the following are omitted? Major military intervention in WW2 in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Austria. Also major bombing campaigns against Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and all the nations that comprised the former Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. What is your rationale for not including these?

	metallion:	Dec 28th, 2012 at 16:53 GMT		1 point
	Even if Overlord didn't count as an invasion of France, surely American operations against Vichy France and its possessions (cf. Operation Torch) ought to count. It's a technicality, but not as technical as Israel/Palestine on the basis that we once sent a Marine there. Fun quiz though!