Attacks on US mainland

Attacks on US mainland

Attacks on US mainland

*War of 1812 1812-1815
*Thornton Affair April 26, 1846,
*Battle of Monterey California, July 7, 1846
*Columbus, New Mexico raid 1916 begins the Pancho Villa Expedition
*Black Tom explosion July 30, 1916 in Jersey City, New Jersey
*Attacks on North America during World War II 1941-1946
*Cuban Missile Crisis perceived October, 1962
*World Trade Center September 11, 2001

Attacks on US territories

*Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
*Japanese invasion of the Philippines 1941–1945

Non-state militant attacks on US Mainland

*Attempted assassination of Harry Truman November 1, 1950, Oscar Collazo
*U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954)
*World Trade Center bombing February 26, 1993
*Oklahoma City bombing, 1995
*U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1998)
*September 11, 2001 attacks
*2001 anthrax attacks

ee also

*Impressment
*Texas Revolution
*Mexican-American War
*California Republic
*Mexican Revolution
*Mexican Service Campaigns
*Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
*List of conflicts in the United States


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