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American Involvement In Iraq Longer Than In World War Two

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sunset in IraqAs of today, America has been involved in the war in Iraq longer than we were in world war two. As of yesterday American forces will have been in Iraq for 3 years and 8 months. A comparison to other wars:

  • The Revolutionary War lasted for 8 years and 2 months.
  • The American Civil War lasted 4 years, ending on April 9, 1865.
  • The Spanish-American War began on February 15, 1898, and ended in the same year, on July 17.
  • World War I lasted 4 years and just under 5 months.
  • The U.S. role in World War II started in December of 1941; it ended with the Japanese surrender in 1945.
  • The U.S. involvement in Vietnam lasted well over a decade, until Saigon fell to North Vietnam on April 30, 1975.

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