Bombs & Accountability: Countries Targeted by the United States Since WWII

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Bombs & Accountability: Countries Targeted by the United States Since WWII

From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to drone strikes in the Middle East, the record is long and devastating. This is not opinion — it is history written in firepower. Below is a documented list of countries bombed or attacked by the United States after 1945.

Countries Bombed by the U.S. (1945–2025)

• Japan — Hiroshima & Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945

• China & Korea — 1950–1953 (Korean War)

• Guatemala — 1954, 1960, 1967–1969

• Indonesia — 1958

• Cuba — 1959–1961

• Congo — 1964

• Peru — 1965

• Laos — 1964–1973

• Vietnam — 1961–1973

• Cambodia — 1969–1970

• Grenada — 1983

• Lebanon & Syria — 1983–1984

• Libya — 1986, 2011, 2015

• El Salvador — 1980s

• Nicaragua — 1980s

• Iran — 1987

• Panama — 1989

• Iraq — 1991 (Gulf War), 1991–2003, 2003–2015

• Kuwait — 1991

• Somalia — 1993, 2007–2008, 2010–2011

• Bosnia — 1994–1995

• Sudan — 1998

• Afghanistan — 1998, 2001–2015

• Yugoslavia — 1999

• Yemen — 2002, 2009, 2011

• Pakistan — 2003–2015

• Palestine (Gaza) — 2010

• Syria — 2014–2015

Core Countries (2014–2020)

These nations saw sustained US bombing campaigns starting or continuing post-2014:

• Iraq (2014–ongoing, Operation Inherent Resolve).

• Syria (2014–ongoing, against ISIS).

• Afghanistan (until 2021, escalating strikes).

• Somalia (drone/airstrikes vs. al-Shabaab).

• Yemen (vs. AQAP and Houthis).

• Pakistan (drone strikes until mid-2010s).

• Libya (intermittent post-2011).

Recent Additions :

(2020–2026) Under the current Trump administration, bombings expanded:

• Iran (2020; major strikes June 2025).

• Nigeria (2025, vs. ISIS targets).

• Venezuela (late 2025).

The Numbers Speak

• More than 30 countries bombed since 1945

• Represents one-third of humanity living under U.S. firepower

• Conflicts span Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.

We must never forget who the real threat to global peace is.

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