Yes, the United States has faced defeats in various conflicts. The most notable example is the Vietnam War, where U.S. forces withdrew after failing to achieve their objectives, leading to the fall of South Vietnam. Additionally, the Korean War ended in an armistice rather than a clear victory, resulting in a divided Korea that persists to this day. Other conflicts, such as the War of 1812, also saw setbacks for the U.S., though it is often considered a draw.
Japan, never previously defeated in a war, may have had illusions, but Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto did not. He had lived in the US and seen the might of US industry. He knew that time was not on Japan's side, and if the US was to be defeated, it must be defeated quickly. After the war, the US emerged as the supreme world power, and the questioner is probably asking from this arrogant standpoint which has brought down mightier empires that the US ever thought about being.
Yes many times, and for long periods of time.
The US defeated Spain in the Spanish American War on August 12, 1898.
The Nationalist were defeated by the Chinese Communists.
No. US dropped a couple of Atomic Bombs on Japan that's about it so far
Japan, never previously defeated in a war, may have had illusions, but Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto did not. He had lived in the US and seen the might of US industry. He knew that time was not on Japan's side, and if the US was to be defeated, it must be defeated quickly. After the war, the US emerged as the supreme world power, and the questioner is probably asking from this arrogant standpoint which has brought down mightier empires that the US ever thought about being.
verse Indians during the expansion of the us.
Yes many times, and for long periods of time.
During the war of 1812 the British were defeated in every attack on the US except in Maine and Washington DC.
The Mexican American War.
There has never been a war in which foreign military of opposition has ever been inside the US. Allied military has been present during times of war for caravan movement AKA Canadian and Australian troops accompanying US convoys to Europe.
WW2, Japan vs US; Aleution Islands.
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Because it was an unwinnable war. They didn't pull out they were defeated and ran.
Robert E. Lee was defeated in the US Civil War.
Spain sold the Philippines to the US because Spain had been defeated by the US in the Spanish-American war in 1898 and one of the provisions the US required in the Peace Treaty was the sale of the Philippines
The US defeated Spain in the Spanish American War on August 12, 1898.