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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